Cantonese vs Mandarin Tone distribution

	A	B	C	D	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q
1	上 shǎng		去 qù
2	平 píng		入 ru(p)		The tones are indicated by their relative pitch 5 highest 1 lowest For example ˥ 55 starts highest and stays level and ˨˩ 21 starts low and drops lower.
3	major group	subgroup		local variety	Early Middle Chinese tone class											number of tone classes (number of phonemic tones)
4					平 Level ① ②		上 Rising ③ ④			去 Departing ⑤ ⑥		入 Entering ⑦ ⑧ (Words ending in stop consonants p, t, k)
5					Syllable onset
6					voiceless 陰平	voiced 陽平	voiceless 陰上	voiced 陽上		voiceless 陰去	voiced 陽去	voiceless 陰入		voiced 陽入
7					voiceless 陰平	voiced 陽平	voiceless 陰上	sonorant	obstruent	voiceless 陰去	voiced 陽去	(short)	(long)	sonorant	obstruent
8	Mandarin	Beijing		Beijing	① ˥ 55	② ˧˥ 35	③ ˨˩˦ 214		⑤ ˥˩ 51			(any)		⑤ ˥˩ 51	② ˧˥ 35	4
9				Pinyin tone number	Tone 1 陰平	Tone 2 陽平	Tone 3 上		Tone 4 去			Redistributed		Tone 4	Tone 2
10				English Name	High Level	Rising	Low Dipping		Falling			Redistributed
11				Example	詩	時	史	美	市	試	事	Redistributed		物	食
12				Example	詩	時	史	美	市	試	事	識	錫	物	食
13	Yue	Yuehai		Guangzhou	①a ˥ 55 ~ ①b ˥˧ 53	② ˨˩ 21~11	③ ˧˥ 35	④ ˩˧ 13		⑤ ˧ 33	⑥ ˨ 22	⑦a̚ ˥ 5	⑦b̚ ˧ 3	⑧̚ ˨ 2		9~10 (6~7)
14	Yue	Yuehai		Hong Kong	① ˥ 55	② ˨˩ 21~11	③ ˨˥ 25	④ ˨˧ 23		⑤ ˧ 33	⑥ ˨ 22	⑦a̚ ˥ 5	⑦b̚ ˧ 3	⑧̚ ˨ 2		9 (6)
15				Jyutping tone number	Tone 1 陰平	Tone 4 陽平	Tone 2 陰上	Tone 5 陽上		Tone 3 陰去	Tone 6 陽去	Tone 7 高陰入	Tone 8 低陰入	Tone 9 陽入
16				English Name	High Level ~ High Falling	Mid Falling	Mid Rising	Low Rising		Mid Level	Low Level	High Checked (Tone 1)	Mid Checked (Tone 3)	Low Checked (Tone 6)
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