Table 5. Sets of items in each condition of the syllable frequency by tonal probability simulation.

Condition	Set	Target	Competitor	Distractor	Distractor
FH–PH	1	chu1	chu2	ren4	ke3
	2	jing1	jing3	qu4	ren2
	3	sheng1	sheng4	chu2	hai3
	4	tong2	tong1	hao3	qu4
	5	hai2	hai3	chu1	ren4
	6	ren2	ren4	xiao1	zuo3
	7	xiao3	xiao1	tong2	ke4
	8	hao3	hao2	sheng1	qu4
	9	ke3	ke4	jing1	hai2
	10	qu4	qu1	hai3	ren2
	11	da4	da2	jing3	chu1
	12	zuo4	zuo3	da2	jing1
FH–PL	1	chu2	chu1	ren4	ke3
	2	jing3	jing1	qu4	ren2
	3	sheng4	sheng1	chu2	hai3
	4	tong1	tong2	hao3	qu4
	5	hai3	hai2	chu1	ren4
	6	ren4	ren2	xiao1	zuo3
	7	xiao1	xiao3	tong2	ke4
	8	hao2	hao3	sheng1	qu4
	9	ke4	ke3	jing1	hai2
	10	qu1	qu4	hai3	ren2
	11	da2	da4	jing3	chu1
	12	zuo3	zuo4	da2	jing1
FL–PH	1	zhou1	zhou2	shai3	qia4
	2	shuang1	shuang3	zhou2	bin4
	3	bin1	bin4	shai3	cao2
	4	za2	za1	bin4	peng3
	5	peng2	peng3	qia4	tie1
	6	chen2	chen4	niao3	za1
	7	tie3	tie1	shai4	cao2
	8	cao3	cao2	chen4	bin1
	9	niao3	niao4	peng2	zhou1
	10	qia4	qia1	chen2	peng3
	11	kang4	kang2	zhou1	tie3
	12	shai4	shai3	tie1	zhou2
FL–PL	1	zhou2	zhou1	shai3	qia4
	2	shuang3	shuang1	zhou2	bin4
	3	bin4	bin1	shai3	cao2
	4	za1	za2	bin4	peng3
	5	peng3	peng2	qia4	tie1
	6	chen4	chen2	niao3	za1
	7	tie1	tie3	shai4	cao2
	8	cao2	cao3	chen4	bin1
	9	niao4	niao3	peng2	zhou1
	10	qia1	qia4	chen2	peng3
	11	kang2	kang4	zhou1	tie3
	12	shai3	shai4	tie1	zhou2

Each set was used as a four-item tuple in the simulations. FH = high syllable frequency, FL = low syllable frequency, PH = high tonal probability, PL = low tonal probability