Talk:Tones of Taiwanese

Compared to Standard Chinese (Mandarin)

From Standard Chinese phonology#Relationship between Middle Chinese and modern tones, the four main tones are:

• 1. ym-pviaa 陰平 (55)
• 2. ioong-pviaa 陽平 (25)
• 3. siorng 上 (21)
• 4. khix 去 (52)

In brackets: common realization of pitch contour.

The "entering tone" (入聲, jibsviaf):

• does not have predictable reflexes in modern Chinese
• disappeared from most Mandarin dialects