sì shēng diào xué hàn yǔ, 四声调学汉语, Learn Chinese with Four Tones。
例字:
bā, 八, eight。
bá, 拔, pull。
bǎ, 把, put。
bà, 爸, dad。
声调不仅在现代汉语占有极重要的地位,就连在古音中也一样,古时汉语的声调有多少类,自来言人人殊,纷纭无定。中国传统音韵学上一向所谓的“四声”,都是声调分为把声调分为“平”、“上”、“去”、“入”四类,这情形至少在五世纪前就已经存在。
Tones play a very important role not only in modern Chinese, but also in ancient Chinese. There are many different kinds of tones in ancient Chinese. The so-called “four tones” in traditional Chinese phonology are divided into four types of tones: “ping”, “shang”, “go”, and “ent”. This situation has existed at least before the fifth century.