Meanings
nountone sandhi (uncountable)
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.
The most frequent occurrence of tone sandhi in Mandarin Chinese occurs in the third tone.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 變調 /变调
- 變調 /变调 (bin³ diu⁶)change of tone
Chinese Mandarin 變調 /变调
- 變調 /变调 (biàndiào)change of tone
Finnish toonisandhi
- toonisandhichange of tone
French sandhi tonal
- sandhi tonalchange of tone
German Tonsandhi
- Tonsandhichange of tone
Hungarian tónusszandhi
- tónusszandhichange of tone
Japanese 声調変化, 変調
- 声調変化 (seichō henka)change of tone
- 変調 (henchō)change of tone
Korean 변조
- 변조 (byeonjo)change of tone
Punjabi سُر سندھی
- سُر سندھی (sur saṅdhī)change of tone
Russian то́новое са́ндхи, измене́ние то́на
- то́новое са́ндхи (tónovoje sándxi)change of tone
- измене́ние то́на (izmenénije tóna)change of tone
Spanish sandhi tonal
- sandhi tonalchange of tone
Swedish tonsandhi
- tonsandhichange of tone
Thai เสียงสนธิ
- เสียงสนธิ (sĭang sŏntí)change of tone
Vietnamese biến thanh
- biến thanhchange of tone
Cite this entry
APA
tone sandhi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone%20sandhi
MLA
“tone sandhi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone%20sandhi. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tone sandhi,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone%20sandhi.
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