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Yang Ping |
Shang | Yin Qu |
Yang Qu |
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| Tone Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Tone Contour | /33/ | /13/ | /41/ | /55/ | /21/ | /24/ |
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and was recently updated on Sunday 8th August 1999.
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