四声

See also: 四聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 四声 – see 四聲 (“the four tones of Middle Chinese; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 四聲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
四	声
し Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
四聲 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
四	声
し Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
四聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 四聲

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しせー [shìséé] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) しせー [shíꜜsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥se̞ː]

• (Tokyo) ししょー [shìshóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕi̥ɕo̞ː]

Noun

四(し)声(せい) or 四(し)声(しょう) • (shisei or shishō) 

1. (Chinese phonetics, of Middle Chinese) the four tones

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
	平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku)		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō)		仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
	四声(しせい) (shisei) 平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū)		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō)		上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō)		去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō)		入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
[Term?]	[Term?]		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	[Term?]		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
	[Term?]		[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]
	[Term?]	[Term?]
[Term?]	[Term?]		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei)	第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei)		第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei)		第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei)		第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei)		軽声(けいせい) (keisei)