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tone sandhi

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.

uncountable

Equivalents

Españolsandhi tonal
Françaissandhi tonal
DeutschTonsandhi
7 more languages

Examples

“The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tone scale tone tag tone terracing tone-bearing unit tone-deafness tonearm

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