Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tone sandhi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: tone sand-hi
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone."

Etymology

From tone + sandhi.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tone sandhi mean?: The change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.
Where does tone sandhi come from?: From tone + sandhi.

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