Table 7.

The tonal alternations in the metrically weak position across the four dialects.

Underlying	Changsha	Chengdu	Fuzhou	Xiamen
contour
Rising	[45] → [44];
	[34] → [33]	[35] → [33]		[24] → [33]
	[14] → [44];	[23] → [22]
	[13] → [33]
Level			[44] → [52]	[44] → [33]
				[22] → [21]
Falling	[42] → [44]	[31] → [33]	[51] → [21], [32] or [44]	[53] → [44]
			[32] → [24] or [44]	[21] → [53]
			[21] → [52] or [44]