The four tones in Chinese pronunciation drives me crazy.

汉语的四个声调总是让我抓狂。

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You know the four tones and the stuff. It really freaks me out.

你知道四声那些东西，真够烦的。

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The four tones are considered as four fuzzy sets which describe the four pattern classes.

孤独字的四声调可被描述成四种模式类的模糊集合。

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It's a major-key sound, but unlike our major keys, which have a half step between the third and fourth tones, the Lydian scale has a whole step there, and the half step between steps four and five.

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Then students have the daunting task of learning to pronounce Mandarin, where one word can have four meanings, depending on which of four tones is used.

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