Editing Honkai Nexus Anima Wiki:Chinese (section)

===Tones===
* Tones should be included when using {{T|Lang}} to romanize Chinese text.
* The system we require for adding tones is the official diacritic system. Use the macron (◌̄) for the first (flat) tone, the acute accent (◌́) for the second (rising) tone, the caron (◌̌) for the third (falling then rising) tone, and the grave accent (◌̀) for the fourth (falling) tone.
* '''Do not use numbers appended to the end of a syllable for tones.'''
* For the fifth (neutral) tone, do not add any diacritics; use the plain letter.
* The tone mark should always be placed in the order ''a, o, e, i, u, ü'', with the only exception being ''-iu'', where the tone mark is placed on the ''u'' instead.

====Neutral Tone====
* For the particles {{zh|的|rm=de}}, {{zh|得|rm=de}}, {{zh|地|rm=de}}, {{zh|了|rm=le}}, {{zh|s=着|t=著|rm=zhe}}, {{zh|s=过|t=過|rm=guo}}, and modal particles such as {{zh|吧|rm=ba}}, {{zh|嘛|rm=ma}}, {{zh|呢|rm=ne}}, {{zh|啊|rm=a}}, the tone should be marked as neutral.
* For the morphemes and words denoting direction following nouns or pronouns, the tones of such morphemes and words should be marked as neutral.
** Examples: {{zh|里头|rm=lǐtou}}, {{zh|底下|rm=dǐxia}}
* When {{zh|一|rm=yī}} or {{zh|不|rm=bù}} is between a repeated verb or adjective, it should be marked as neutral tone.
** Examples: {{zh|看一看|rm=kànyikàn}}, {{zh|是不是|rm=shìbushì}}
* When {{zh|不|rm=bù}} is used in a potential complement, it should be marked as neutral tone.
** Examples: {{zh|对不起|rm=duìbuqǐ}}, {{zh|听不懂|rm=tīngbudǒng}}
* For the measure word {{zh|个|rm=ge}}, the tone should be marked as neutral.

====Tone Sandhi====
* Mandarin Chinese features several {{w|tone sandhi}} rules. However, according to the [http://www.moe.gov.cn/ewebeditor/uploadfile/2012/08/21/20120821100233165.pdf ''Basic Rules of the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet Orthography'' (GB/T 16159-2012)], the original tones should be used. The tone sandhi rules below are only provided for reference.
** When there are two 3rd tones in a row, the first one becomes 2nd tone.
*** Example: {{zh|你好|rm=nǐ hǎo}} (but pronounced: ''ní hǎo'')
** {{zh|不|rm=bù}} is 4th tone except when followed by another 4th tone, when it becomes 2nd tone.
*** Example: {{zh|不是}} ''bùshì'' (but pronounced: ''búshì'')
** {{zh|一|rm=yī}} is 1st tone when it represents the ordinal "first". It changes when it represents the cardinal number "1", following a pattern of 2nd tone when followed by a 4th tone, and 4th tone when followed by any other tone.
*** Example of ordinal first tone: {{zh|第一个|rm=dìyīgè}}
*** Examples of changing to the second tone before a fourth tone: {{zh|一次|rm=yī cì}} (but pronounced ''yí cì''), {{zh|一半|rm=yībàn}} (but pronounced ''yíbàn''), {{zh|一会儿|rm=yīhuìr}} (but pronounced ''yíhuìr'')
*** Examples of changing to the fourth tone before another tone: {{zh|一般|rm=yībān}} (but pronounced ''yìbān''), {{zh|一毛|rm=yī máo}} (but pronounced ''yì máo'')