语调

語調
yǔdiào
noun #14,965

Meanings

  1. 1 intonation
  2. 2 tone of voice

Examples

HSK 1
Tā shuōhuà de yǔdiào tīngqǐlái hěn bù gāoxìng.
His tone of voice sounded very unhappy.
HSK 3
Xué Zhōngwén yào zhùyì yǔdiào de biànhuà.
When learning Chinese, you need to pay attention to changes in intonation.

Tips

usage
语调 refers to sentence-level intonation (rising for questions, falling for statements), distinct from 声调 which refers to the four lexical tones of individual syllables in Mandarin.

Stroke Order

tiáo