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neutral tones

neutral tones is the plural of neutral tone.

Meaning of neutral tone

Noun

neutral tone (plural neutral tones)

  1. (Chinese) 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.

Questions about neutral tones

What is neutral tones the plural of?
Neutral tones is the plural of neutral tone.

Words near neutral tones in the dictionary

  1. neutral spirit
  2. neutral spirits
  3. neutral third
  4. neutral thirds
  5. neutral tone
  6. neutral tones
  7. neutral vowel
  8. neutral vowels
  9. neutral zone
  10. neutral zones
  11. neutral-zone infraction

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