去聲 [－声]

Jyutping heoi3 sing1
Pinyin qù shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. falling tone
  2. fourth tone in modern Mandarin
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、術語
    漢語​系語​言​嘅​傳​統​嘅​聲​調​分​類​，​係​四聲​之一​，​字面上​指​字音​下沉​、​減​弱​嘅​聲​調​，​喺​傳​統​詩​律​入​面​屬​於​仄​聲​；​而​喺​粵​語​入​面​就​分​咗​做​陰​去​同​陽​去​兩​組​，​分別​歸入​第三​聲同​第六​聲​。
    the departing or falling tone category in Chinese languages (despite its name the actual pitch varies across languages, not necessarily falling)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, Chinese
    departing tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese, also a tone in various modern varieties, e.g. tone 4 (/˥˩/) in Standard Mandarin (marked with a grave accent [ ` ] in Hanyu Pinyin and bopomofo) and tone 4 in Meixian Hakka (/˥˧/))
  2. verb
    to give up one's reputation
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    丑闻让他付出了失去声誉的代价。
    醜聞讓他付出了失去聲譽的代價。
    chǒu wén ràng tā fù chū le shī qù shēng yù de dài jià 。
    • That scandal cost him his reputation.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这是因为这个‘块’字在四川分类上是个例外。它把北平的去声字归入上声，所以改错了。
    這是因爲這個‘塊’字在四川分類上是個例外。它把北平的去聲字歸入上聲，所以改錯了。
    zhè shì yīn wèi zhè ge ‘ kuài ’ zì zài sì chuān fēn lèi shàng shì ge lì wài ． tā bǎ běi píng de qù shēng zì guī rù shǎng shēng ， suǒ yǐ gǎi cuò le ．
    • This is because kuai 塊／块 (kuài) is an anomaly in terms of its Sichuan[ese] [tonal] category. He treated a Beijing tone 4 character as tone 3, and thus made an improper correction.
  2. Mandarin
    另外还要注意的是，“轴”字在戏剧界统读去声（四声），不读阳平（二声）。
    另外還要注意的是，“軸”字在戲劇界統讀去聲（四聲），不讀陽平（二聲）。
    lìng wài hái yào zhù yì de shì ， “ zhóu ／ zhòu ” zì zài xì jù jiè tǒng dú qù shēng （ sì shēng ） ， bù dú yáng píng （ èr shēng ） ．
    • Another thing to note is that 軸 is unifiedly read in theater with the departing tone (fourth tone), not the dark level tone (second tone).
  3. Mandarin
    上声与非上声（阴平、阳平、去声）相连，上声调值由214变为半上声21。
    上聲與非上聲（陰平、陽平、去聲）相連，上聲調值由214變為半上聲21。
    shǎng shēng yǔ fēi shǎng shēng （ yīn píng ， yáng píng ， qù shēng ） xiāng lián ， shǎng shēng diào zhí yóu ２１４ biàn wéi bàn shǎng shēng ２１ ．
    • When a character to be read with a rising tone is preceded by a character that is not read with a rising tone (dark level tone, light level tone, or departing tone), the rising tone tonal value changes from 214 into a half rising tone tonal value of 21.
  4. Mandarin
    上声在阴平、阳平、去声、轻声前，即在非上声前，丢掉后半段“14”上升的尾巴，调值由214变为半上声211，变调调值描写为214-211。
    上聲在陰平、陽平、去聲、輕聲前，即在非上聲前，丟掉後半段“14”上升的尾巴，調值由214變為半上聲211，變調調值描寫為214-211。
    shǎng shēng zài yīn píng ， yáng píng ， qù shēng ， qīng shēng qián ， jí zài fēi shǎng shēng qián ， diū diào hòu bàn duàn “ １４ ” shàng shēng de wěi ba ， diào zhí yóu ２１４ biàn wéi bàn shǎng shēng ２１１ ， biàn diào diào zhí miáo xiě wéi ２１４ ２１１ ．
    • When a character to be read with a rising tone is preceded by a character that would be read with dark level tone, light level tone, departing tone, or neutral tone, that is to say, whenever such a character is found before any character that is not read with rising tone, the normally-expected rise in tone at the tail-end of the rising tone from 1 to 4 in the last half is eliminated. The tonal value changes from 214 into a half rising tone tonal value of 2 11. This is expressed in written form as a change from 214 to 211.