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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 四声

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
四声 sì shēng - the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声
- the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 54,641 51,339 33,997

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
四 sì- four
- 4
声 shēng- sound
- voice
- tone
- noise
- reputation
- classifier for sounds

Other Words Containing 四声

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
四声 - - 54,641 51,339 33,997