聲調

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

classifier: 個

CEDICT

  1. (linguistics) tone
  2. tone
  3. tone; note

Wiktionary

  1. 詩文字句中音韻配置的抑揚頓挫。
  2. 音樂的節奏。
  3. 聲音的高低升降的調子。如國音所分的陰平聲、陽平聲、上聲、去聲、輕聲等讀法。

重編國語辭典

  1. 聲音的高低升降的調子。如現代標準漢語所分的陰平聲、陽平聲、上聲、去聲、輕聲等讀法。
  2. 詩文字句中音韻配置的抑揚頓挫。
  3. 音樂的節奏。

維基詞典

Examples

请把音乐声调小！

Please lower the volume of the music!

Source: Tatoeba

她声调突然变了。

There was a sudden change in her tone.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 聲 shēng
  1. sound
  2. voice
  3. tone
  4. noise
  5. reputation
  6. classifier for sounds
2 調 diào
  1. to transfer
  2. to move (troops or cadres)
  3. to investigate
  4. to enquire into
  5. accent
  6. view
  7. argument
  8. key (in music)
  9. mode (music)
  10. tune
  11. tone
  12. melody

Containing this entry

聲調語言 shēngdiàoyǔyán tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)
聲調輪廓 shēngdiàolúnkuò tone contour
聲調數字 shēngdiàoshùzì
聲調符號 shēngdiàofúhào

Related entries

筆調 bǐdiào
  1. (of writing) tone
  2. style
語氣 yǔqì
  1. tone
  2. manner of speaking
  3. mood

classifier: 個

他說話的語氣好像是在害怕什麼。

He speaks as though he were afraid of something.

Source: Tatoeba

調頭 diàotou
  1. tone (of voice)
  2. tune
音色 yīnsè
  1. tone
  2. timbre
  3. sound color
鋼琴走調了，音色很難聽。

The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.

Source: Tatoeba

音質 yīnzhì
  1. tone
  2. sound quality
  3. timbre
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