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  • tiao1kan3

    January 12, 2009

  • *confused*

    What does this comment mean? Is it explaining the characters somehow?

    January 12, 2009

  • I think it's pronunciation, with the numbers representing the tonality; but I don't speak Chinese, so I may stand in need of correction.

    January 12, 2009

  • Well, that would make sense... lanklenmot? Can you enlighten us?

    January 13, 2009

  • Yes, they're tone numbers (1 = level, 2 = rising, 3 = fall-rise, 4 = falling). However, according to this dictionary it seems it should actually be tiao2kan3 "ridicule, tease" from tiao2 "incite, provoke" and kan3 "bold" . . . unless there's some tonal sandhi going on that's beyond my small knowledge of Chinese.

    Edited: Tone 3 is fall-rise, of course, not rise-fall.

    January 13, 2009