轉聲

Chinese

		to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
trad. (轉聲)		轉	聲
simp. (转声)		转	声

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tńg-siaⁿ / túiⁿ-siaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfsviaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siã³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: túiⁿ-siaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuínn-siann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvuysviaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tuĩ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siã⁴⁴/

Verb

轉聲

1. (Southern Min) to experience one’s voice breaking (deepening of the voice upon reaching puberty)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to change one's tone of speaking

Synonyms

• (to experience one's voice breaking): 變聲／变声 (biànshēng)
• (to change one's tone): (Hokkien) 轉話／转话