<p>I guess you are talking about 輕聲.</p>

<p>臺灣注音符號的聲調除了一聲、二聲、三聲、四聲以外，還有個「輕聲」.</p>

<p>In addition to the first, second, third, and fourth tones, there is a 輕聲 (light tone) in Taiwan.
It is also known as the fifth tone or the neutral tone.</p>

<p>符號是一個小圓點；直寫時，標在上方；橫寫時，標在左側。</p>

<p>The mark is a small dot.
When the text is written vertically, it is marked at the top.
In a horizontal print, it is marked on the left.</p>

<p>For <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">example</a>,</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YPsVw.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YPsVw.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>You can search 注音符號發音教學 on the YouTube site.</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-03-08T12:15:32.750Z
2019-03-08T12:15:32.750Z
SLS
<p>I think there must be some confusion here.</p>

<p>Neutral tones definitely exist in Taiwanese Mandarin.</p>

<p>There's even a paper <a href="http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/graduate/Dissertations/KarenHuangFinal.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> called <em>A Study of Neutral-Tone Syllables in Taiwan Mandarin</em> in which the contours of the neutral <em>-le</em>, <em>-de</em> and <em>-zi</em> are discussed in depth. </p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-03-08T08:41:19.543Z
2019-03-08T08:41:19.543Z
Mou某
<p>So I'm trying to learn Taiwanese Mandarin, and apparently they don't really use the neutral tone, but if that's the case how do you say things like 子,了, and 的?</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-03-08T12:02:35.780Z
Taiwanese Mandarin basically are same with Mandarin, basically.
sfy
CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-03-16T02:45:01.200Z
They use neutral tone, just much less often. And it's just an accent of Mandarin, just like so many Mandarin accents used all over the world
炸鱼薯条德里克
<mandarin><pronunciation><taiwan>
Does Taiwanese Mandarin have the neutral tone?
# Does Taiwanese Mandarin have the neutral tone?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-08)

So I'm trying to learn Taiwanese Mandarin, and apparently they don't really use the neutral tone, but if that's the case how do you say things like 子,了, and 的?

**Tags:** mandarin, pronunciation, taiwan

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Taiwanese Mandarin basically are same with Mandarin, basically.  
> **username_2**: They use neutral tone, just much less often. And it's just an accent of Mandarin, just like so many Mandarin accents used all over the world  

---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-08. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

I guess you are talking about 輕聲.

臺灣注音符號的聲調除了一聲、二聲、三聲、四聲以外，還有個「輕聲」.

In addition to the first, second, third, and fourth tones, there is a 輕聲 (light tone) in Taiwan.
It is also known as the fifth tone or the neutral tone.

符號是一個小圓點；直寫時，標在上方；橫寫時，標在左側。

The mark is a small dot.
When the text is written vertically, it is marked at the top.
In a horizontal print, it is marked on the left.

For [example](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo),

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YPsVw.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/YPsVw.png)

You can search 注音符號發音教學 on the YouTube site.


---

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-03-08. Score: 2

I think there must be some confusion here.

Neutral tones definitely exist in Taiwanese Mandarin.

There's even a paper [here](http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/graduate/Dissertations/KarenHuangFinal.pdf) called *A Study of Neutral-Tone Syllables in Taiwan Mandarin* in which the contours of the neutral *-le*, *-de* and *-zi* are discussed in depth.


---

