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If mandarin is a tonal language, how can people parse meaning when the words are set to music?

Asked by occ (4176points) October 17th, 2007

I was listening to some chinese music and wondering if mandarin speakers get confused between the different word meanings when those words are being sung. I’ve never studied Mandarin. Does anyone know?

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