四聲 [－声]

Jyutping sei3 sing1
Pinyin sì shēng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声
  2. the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞、術語
    漢語​系語​言​嘅​傳​統​聲​調​分​類​，​分別​係​平聲​、​上聲​、​去聲​、​入聲
    the four traditional tone categories in Chinese languages
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    fourth tone; alternative name for 去聲／去声 (qùshēng, “departing tone”).
  2. noun
    the four tones of Modern Standard Chinese (Mandarin)
  3. noun, Chinese
    the four tones of Middle Chinese (traditional tone classes also used for modern varieties of Chinese)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    中文是有四声的语言。
    中文是有四聲的語言。
    zhōng wén shì yǒu sì shēng de yǔ yán 。
    • Chinese is a language that has four tones.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    四四声唔好听
    四四聲唔好聽
    sei3 sei3 seng1 m4 hou2 teng1
    • talking about four is ominous
  2. Cantonese
    阿妈话唔钟意住十四楼，四四声唔好意头㖞！
    阿媽話唔鍾意住十四樓，四四聲唔好意頭喎！
    aa3 maa1 waa6 m4 zung1 ji3 zyu6 sap6 sei3 lau2, sei3 sei3 seng1 m4 hou2 ji3 tau4 wo3!
    • My mum does not like living on 14th floor because the pronunciation of 'four' is similar to that of 'die', which implies bad luck!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    四声
    四聲
    sì shēng
    • the four tones of Classical and Modern Chinese
  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).