Talk:Tones of Taiwanese
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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.