tone sandhi en · NOUN
Etymology
From tone + sandhi.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.
The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone.
Translations (18)
ru то́новое са́ндхи (change of tone) · vi biến thanh (change of tone) · fi toonisandhi (change of tone) · pa سُر سندھی (change of tone) · cmn 變調 /变调 (change of tone) · ja 変調 (change of tone) · fr sandhi tonal (change of tone) · hu tónusszandhi (change of tone) · th เสียงสนธิ (change of tone) · za bienqdiuh (change of tone) · sv tonsandhi (change of tone) · ko 변조 (change of tone) · yue 變調 /变调 (change of tone) · es sandhi tonal (change of tone) · za bendiu (change of tone) · ru измене́ние то́на (change of tone) · ja 声調変化 (change of tone) · de Tonsandhi (change of tone)