Talk:Tone sandhi

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In Standard Mandarin the pronunciation of one word can have several distinct pronunciations depending on context. For example, 不 is usually pronounced bù, but when it is followed by the fourth tone (falling tone), it changes to bú, as in 不要: bú yào. Does this also have something to do with Tone sandhi? --Abdull 11:19, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it's tone sandhi, though in this case it involves only that one word. If we were to expand the coverage of Mandarin, we could illustrate the niihao type as we have, the buhyaw example you've given, and the behavior of yi 'one', plus perhaps the phonetic realizations of toneless syllables. kwami 17:28, 6 March 2006 (UTC)