去声

去聲
qùshēng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 departing tone
  2. 2 the fourth tone of Mandarin

Examples

HSK 6
" Qù " zì běnshēn jiù dú qùshēng.
The character for "go" is itself read in the departing tone.
HSK 7-9
Zài jìntǐshī lǐ, qùshēng hé shǎngshēng, rùshēng yíyàng, dōu suàn zèshēng.
In regulated verse the departing tone, like the rising and entering tones, counts as oblique.

Tips

memory
Each Middle Chinese tone name is a character in that tone: 平 is level, 上 rising, 去 departing and 入 entering. Most departing-tone words are fourth tone in Mandarin, like 去 itself.

Stroke Order

去 qù
声 shēng