A Beginner's Guide to Taiwanese: Difference between revisions

! # !! Tones !! Description !! MTL !! Example  

| 1 || High || high level tone || [[f]] || [[af]]

| 2 || Shouting || start high, then sharp downward || [[r]] || [[ar]]

| 3 || Low Falling || start mid then downward tone || [[x]] || ax  

| 8 || Short high || short high tone || ends with h, p, t or k  || [[ab'ar|ah]], ap, at, ak

| 4 || Short low || short low tone || ends with q, b, d or g || [[ah'ar|aq]], {{x2|ab}}, {{x2|ad}}, {{x2|ag}}

| Basic || [[si (yes)|si]] || is

| High || {{x2|hiaf}} || there

| Low Falling || [[zhaix]] || vegetable  

| Shouting || {{x2|zar}} || early

| Curving || hii || fish

| Short high || [[ciah]] || to eat  

| Short low || {{x2|phaq}} || to hit  

| Short high || {{x2|hap}} || to close  

| Short low || {{x2|ciab}} || to catch  

| Short high || {{x2|kut}} || slippery  

| Short low || [[kud]] || bone  

| Short high || [[lok]] || deer  

| Short low || [[kokkaf|kog]] || country 

| u  || ur || uo  || {{x2|kuo}} || (''of time'') long