tone sandhi

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English

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Examples

Mandarin:
Nominal (dictionary) tones: Nǐ hǎo ma? Wǒ hěn hǎo.
Actual tones: Ní hǎo ma? Wǒ hén hǎo.
The third tone (ǎ) becomes the second tone (á) when another third-tone syllable follows.

Etymology

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From tone +‎ sandhi.

Noun

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tone sandhi (uncountable)

  1. (phonology) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.
    The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone.

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