平ひょう声しょう

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.

• 中ちゅう古こ中ちゅう国ごく語ごの平ひょう声しょうは、現げん代だい北京語ぺきんごでは第だい一いっ声せいまたは第だい二に声せいに対たい応おうする。

  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.

• この方ほう言げんでは、平ひょう声しょうの拍はくが連れん続ぞくすると低ひくく平たいらに発はつ音おんされる。

  In this dialect, consecutive morae with a level tone are pronounced low and flat.