仄声

Traditional form:

仄聲

Pinyin (reading):

zèshēng

Definitions:

• oblique tone
• nonlevel tone
• uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese)

Characters:

• 仄 - slanting, oblique; oblique tones
• 声 - sound, noise; voice, tone, music

Traditional characters:

• 仄 - slanting, oblique; oblique tones
• 聲 - sound, noise; voice, tone, music