声调

shēngdiào

tone; note; a tone (on a Chinese syllable)

noun HSK 3.0 · Band 6 trad. 聲調

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他说中文的声调很准。

His Chinese tones are very accurate.

这个词的声调是什么?

What is the tone of this word?