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diff --git a/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man b/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man index f9e14a489..8ce5110cc 100644 --- a/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man +++ b/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man @@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ files. Pinyin is a method for writing the Mandarin Chinese language with the Latin alphabet. . -Mandarin consists of more than four hundred syllables, -each with one of five different tones. +Mandarin consists of more than four hundred base syllables, +each spoken with one of five different tones. +. +Changing the tone applied to the syllable generally alters the meaning +of the word it forms. . In Pinyin, a syllable is written in the Latin alphabet and a numeric tone indicator @@ -151,8 +154,6 @@ or .SS Syllables .\" ==================================================================== . -The Mandarin Chinese language comprises about four hundred syllables. -. In Pinyin, each syllable is represented by one to six letters drawn from the fifty-two upper- and lowercase letters of the Unicode basic Latin |