阴平 (陰平) yīnpíng
yīnpíng
noun
high and level tone; first tone
Domain: Linguistics 语言学
, Subdomain: Phonetics
, Concept: Tone 声调
Notes: The first tone in modern standard Chinese pronunciation, which is constant in intensity and is longer in duration than the second and fourth tones. It is [55] in Chao's tonal scale (Norman 1988, pp. 145-148).