[ zèshēng ] [语言学] oblique tones (the falling-rising tone (上声), the falling tone (去声) and the entering tone (入声), as distinct from the level tone (平声) in classical chinese pronunciation)
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There are four types of grammatical tone - variations : light tone - variation , soft tone - variation , narrow tone - variation and pronoun tone - variation 语法变调主要包括：轻声化、轻音化、仄声支配式首字变调和代词所有格变调。
