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Kiongjioghuhø 🔊 (Kiongjiok-huhø; 強弱符號; grave accent)

MTL usage

All the syllables after a grave accent (`) are spoken in a weaker tone -- either a low-falling tone or a low short tone.

• Taan`siensvy 🔊 (陳先生)
• kviaf`sie vs kviasie (kviaf`sie. kviasie. 🔊)
• khuy`khuy 🔊 vs khuikhuy 🔊 (khuy`khuy. khuikhuy. 🔊)

Technical

• `, Unicode U+0060, ASCII Hex 60