去きょ声しょう

noun

falling tone (in Chinese)

Linguistic term for the fourth tone in Middle Chinese and its reflexes in modern Chinese languages, characterized by a falling pitch contour. Also used in the context of Sino-Japanese vocabulary.

• 中ちゅう国ごく語ごの去きょ声しょうは、日本にほん語ごのアクセントとは異ことなる概がい念ねんだ。

  The falling tone in Chinese is a different concept from Japanese pitch accent.

• 漢かん字じ音おんの「去きょ声しょう」は、現げん代だい中ちゅう国ごく語ごでは第だい四よん声せいに相そう当とうする。

  The 'falling tone' in Sino-Japanese readings corresponds to the fourth tone in modern Chinese.