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A112350
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Pronunciation tones in Mandarin for the characters in the Chinese word for n.
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3
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2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 1, 1, 3, 2, 21, 24, 21, 24, 23, 24, 21, 21, 23, 42, 421, 424, 421, 424, 423, 424, 421, 421, 423, 12, 121, 124, 121, 124, 123, 124, 121, 121, 123, 42, 421, 424, 421, 424, 423, 424, 421, 421, 423, 32, 321, 324, 321, 324, 323, 324, 321, 321, 323, 42
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OFFSET
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0,1
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COMMENTS
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Mandarin Chinese has four tones. The first tone is a flat, high tone. The second tone is a rising tone. The third tone first falls a little and then rises. The fourth tone is a falling tone.
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REFERENCES
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Any Chinese dictionary.
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LINKS
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EXAMPLE
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a(21) = 421 because the characters in the Chinese word for 21, "er shi yi", are pronounced with the fourth, second and first tone, respectively.
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CROSSREFS
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KEYWORD
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nonn,word
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AUTHOR
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Wei Ji Ma (weijima(AT)gmail.com), Sep 05 2005
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STATUS
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approved
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