▁in ▁the ▁Z hen ji ang ▁dialect ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁topic ▁scholar ly ▁study . ▁Nan j ing ▁residents ▁use ▁the ▁four ▁t ones ▁of ▁Mand arin , ▁while ▁Ch ang z hou ▁residents ▁use ▁seven ▁or ▁eight ▁t ones . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁study ▁by ▁Q iu ▁Ch un an , ▁Z hen ji ang ▁dialect ▁has ▁five ▁c itation ▁t ones : ▁T one 1 ▁( 4 2 ) ▁( a ▁sharp ▁fall ▁from ▁pitch ▁ 4 ▁to ▁pitch ▁ 2 , ▁or ▁y in ping ), ▁T one 2 ▁( 3 5 ) ▁( a ▁rising ▁tone ▁or ▁y ang ping ), ▁T one 3 ▁( 3 2 ) ▁( sl ight ▁falling ▁tone ▁or ▁sh ang ), ▁T one 4 ▁( 5 5 ) ▁( high ▁even ▁or ▁qu ), ▁and ▁T one 5 ▁( 5 ) ▁( checked ▁tone ▁or ▁ru ). ▁Q iu ' s ▁study ▁used ▁residents ▁who ▁had ▁grown ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁D axi ▁Road ▁area , ▁where ▁the ▁standard ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁dialect ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁spoken . ▁The ▁checked ▁tone ▁was ▁a ▁feature ▁of ▁Chinese ▁spoken ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁Mand arin . ▁App lying ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁government ▁ph on ology ▁to ▁the ▁issue , ▁Ba o ▁Z him ing ▁noted ▁that ▁non - even ▁t ones ▁become ▁even ▁when ▁they ▁appear ▁before ▁the ▁high ▁even , ▁or ▁ 5 5 , ▁tone . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : M and arin ▁Chinese