入声

See also: 入聲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 入声 – see 入聲 (“entering tone”). (This term is the simplified form of 入聲).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
入	声
にっ Grade: 1	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
入聲 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
入	声
にっ Grade: 1	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon

Alternative spelling
入聲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 入聲.

/nipusjau/ → /nipsjau/ → /nisshoː/

Noun

入(にっ)声(しょう) or 入(にっ)声(せい) • (nisshō or nissei) 

1. (Chinese phonetics) the entering tone (one of the 仄声 (sokusei, “oblique tones”) among the 四声 (shisei, “four tones”) of Middle Chinese)

See also

The tones (of Chinese) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
	平仄(ひょうそく) (hyōsoku)		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō)		仄声(そくせい) (sokusei)
	四声(しせい) (shisei) 平上去入(ひょうじょうきょにゅう) (hyōjōkyonyū)		平声(ひょうしょう) (hyōshō)		上声(じょうしょう) (jōshō)		去声(きょしょう) (kyoshō)		入声(にっしょう) (nisshō)
[Term?]	[Term?]		꜀◌		꜂◌		◌꜄		◌꜆
	[Term?]		◌〪		◌〫		◌〬		◌〭
	[Term?]		∅		◌〮		◌〯		∅
	[Term?]		[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]	[Term?]
	[Term?]	[Term?]
[Term?]	[Term?]		꜀◌	꜁◌	꜂◌	꜃◌	◌꜄	◌꜅	◌꜆	◌꜇

The tones (of Standard Mandarin) in Japanese · 声調(せいちょう) (seichō) (layout · text)
四声(しせい) (shisei)	第一声(だいいっせい) (daīssei)		第二声(だいにせい) (dainisei)		第三声(だいさんせい) (daisansei)		第四声(だいよんせい) (daiyonsei)		軽声(けいせい) (keisei)