Pronunciation system: The pronunciation system of Cantonese is relatively complex, with 19 initial consonants, 56 finals and nine tones and six tones.
Nine tones and six tones: yin level, yin up, yin going, yang level, yang up, yang going, yin in, middle in, yang in.
Nine tones and six tones are nine sounds and six tones. Simple understanding: First, one tone corresponds to one sound, six tones correspond to six sounds, and the remaining three sounds are entrance sounds.
In fact, the pitches of the tones of Yin Ru, Zhong Ru, and Yang Ru are the same as those of Yin Ping, Yin Qu, and Yang Qu, but they use the rhyme characters ending in -p, -t, or -k. To distinguish. Because the definition of tone includes circumflex (that is, actual pitch) and frustration.
Extended information:
The name "Cantonese" comes from "Nanyue" in the Lingnan region of ancient China ("Hanshu" is called "Nanyue"). "Yue" is a general term. In ancient times, "Yue" and "Guangdong" were interchangeable characters. In ancient pre-Qin books, the tribes south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were often collectively referred to as "Yue".
Cantonese is also called Yuehai Pian Yue, which is commonly referred to as Cantonese. Cantonese, the official standard pronunciation of Cantonese, belongs to Cantonese films. There are not many differences within the Guangdong and Hainan films, and they can generally communicate with each other more smoothly.
The Guangzhou dialect belongs to the Cantonese dialect of Cantonese and is the representative dialect of Cantonese. It is spoken in the Pearl River Delta centered on Guangzhou, parts of central, western and northern Guangdong, and southeastern Guangxi.
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