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Akegata t1_j2capkz wrote

Reply to comment by lunlunqq001 in My late friend gave me this necklace charm and I don’t know the meaning of it. Please help :) by MichGirl07

What does Xi1 mean? Is that how it's spelled in pinyin?
What is the significance of the number 1 in that case?

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sinspirational t1_j2cfe8z wrote

Not OP, but the 1 represents the tone. Because Chinese is tonal, as in the way you pronounce it changes the meaning of a syllable, it’s important to know which tone when writing it phonetically

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stauffnl t1_j2e1y5a wrote

r/todayilearned tone in Chinese is represented by numbers

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Toal_ngCe t1_j2f129n wrote

Enh it can be but the standard way is with accent marks. So instead of xia1 xia2 xia3 xia4 xia5 one would write xiā xiá xiǎ xià xia.

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