Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

neutral tone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: neu-tral -tone
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lack of one of the four primary phonetic tones of Chinese, sometimes viewed as a tone in its own right, and unmarked in Hanyu Pinyin.

Inflected Forms

neutral tones (plural)

Questions

What does neutral tone mean?: The lack of one of the four primary phonetic tones of Chinese, sometimes viewed as a tone in its own right, and unmarked in Hanyu Pinyin.

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