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Yin Ping |
Yang Ping |
Yin Shang |
Yang Shang |
Yin Qu |
Yang Qu |
Yin Ru |
Zhong Ru |
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| Tone Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Tone Contour | /53/ or /55/ |
/35/ | /33/ | /21/ | /23/ | /22/ | /5/ | /33/ | /22/ or /2/ |
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