Translingual
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ˉ
- (IPA) a mid floating tone.
- (IPA, obsolete) a level tone.
- (when contrasted with low ⟨ˍ⟩ or mid ⟨˗⟩) a high level tone.
- (poetry) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨ˉˉ⟩ spondee. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̄⟩.
Usage notes
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(obsolete IPA): The mark is placed before the word or syllable that bears the tone. This use of the symbol has effectively been replaced by Chao tone letters and tone diacritics.
See also
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- ⟨ˍ⟩ (low level tone)
- ⟨˗⟩ (mid level tone)
- ⟨˘⟩ (short syllable)
Mandarin
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ˉ
- The first tone of Mandarin Chinese in Zhuyin script.
Usage notes
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First tone is not normally written, but may be indicated for clarification.
See also
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- ˊ (“second tone”), ˇ (“third tone”), ˋ (“fourth tone”), ˙ (“neutral tone”)