汉语的声调（Tones of Chinese） 声调是音节的音高变化。汉语普通话有四个基本声调，分别为第一声（—），第二声（/），第三声（∨），第四声（\）。声调不同，意思就不一样。 Tones are changes of pitch of syllables.In the standard Chinese there are four basic tones,represented respectively by the following tone—graphs；the first tone（—）,the second tone声（/）,the third tone（∨）,the fourth tone（\）.When a syllable is pronounced in different tones,it has different meanings.