four tones

常見(jiàn)例句

Its vowels include plain, pharyngealised, strident and breathy, and they carry four tones.
元音包括簡(jiǎn)單音，咽音，刺耳音，氣音，而且有四個(gè)聲調(diào)。
The "slowest" language, Mandarin, partly thanks to the four tones, has around 2000 possible syllables, far more than Japanese or Spanish.
語(yǔ)速最慢的漢語(yǔ)普通話有大約2000個(gè)音節(jié)，比日語(yǔ)和西班牙語(yǔ)多得多。有四個(gè)音調(diào)也是普通話語(yǔ)速慢的部分原因。
Not only do foreigners find it difficult to master the four tones of Mandarin, but the alien grammar and the difficulty of rote-learning thousands of words overcome all but the most diligent students.
外國(guó)人不但覺(jué)得漢語(yǔ)中的四聲調(diào)很難掌握，而且那些陌生的語(yǔ)法和死記硬背的成千上萬(wàn)的漢字也讓他們頭疼，似乎衹有最勤奮的學(xué)生才學(xué)得會(huì)。

Then students have the daunting task of learning to pronounce Mandarin, where one word can have four meanings, depending on which of four tones is used.
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