Table 1.

The five-scale tone letters and tone features of lexical tone inventories among four Chinese dialects.

Dialects	Tone 1	Tone 2	Tone 3	Tone 4	Tone 5	Tone 6	Tone 7
Chengdu	35	31	53	13
	High-rising	Low-falling	High-falling	Low-rising
Changsha	34	13	42	45	21	14
	Mid-rising	Low-rising	High-falling	High-rising	Low-falling	Low-rising
Fuzhou	44	51	32	21	231	23	55
	High-level	High-falling	Mid-falling	Low-falling	Low-peaking	Mid-short	High-short
Xiamen	44	24	53	21	22	32	44
	High-level	Mid-rising	High-falling	Low-falling	Low-level	Mid-short	High-short

The underline indicates the short duration of the checked tone.