她声调突然变了。

There was a sudden change in her tone.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 她 tā she
2 声调 shēngdiào
  1. tone
  2. note
  3. a tone (on a Chinese syllable)

classifier: 個
3 突然 tūrán sudden; abrupt; unexpected
4 变 biàn
  1. to change
  2. to become different
  3. to transform
  4. to vary
  5. rebellion
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào