Re: USAGE: Tones in the IPA [Re: USAGE: Help with Chinese phrase]

Mark writes:

>I'm looking at the IPA/CXS chart, and I don't see all the tones in
>Mandarin.  I assume that tone 1 (high) is _H, tone 2 (rising) is _R, and
>tone 4 (falling) is _F, but where is tone 3 (falling-rising)?  Using the
>CXS nomenclature one could construct it as _F_R, I suppose, but I don't
>see any equivalent using the actual IPA symbols.  They have high rising,
>low rising, and rising-falling, but no falling-rising?  That would seem
>to be a glaring omission . . .
Dude, you're so totally on your own here. I could sooner
bare-handedly relocate Stonehenge unscathed than depict tones in IPA
or SAMPA.

Kou