noun
level tone; first tone in historical Chinese phonetics
Technical term in Chinese historical phonology; refers to the 平 tone category in Middle Chinese, which later split into modern Mandarin tones 1 and 2.
中古中国語の平声は、現代北京語では第一声または第二声に対応する。
The level tone of Middle Chinese corresponds to the first or second tone in modern Beijing Mandarin.
noun
low, flat tone in Japanese accent
Used in descriptions of Japanese pitch accent; refers to a low, flat tonal pattern, often contrasted with 上声 (rising) and 去声 (falling) in traditional terminology.
この方言では、平声の拍が連続すると低く平らに発音される。
In this dialect, consecutive morae with a level tone are pronounced low and flat.
Refers to the entering tone in Chinese phonetics, characterized by a stop consonant ending.
From Chinese 平聲／平声 (píngshēng), literally 'level sound'. The term was adopted into Japanese for both Chinese and Japanese phonological descriptions.