sentences:  According to "The Eight Tones of Kien-chou" (), a rime dictionary which published in 1795, Jian'ou dialect has 15 initials, 34 rimes and 7 tones in the 18th century, however there are only 6 tones in the modern dialect as the "light level" () tone disappeared.Jian'ou has four tones, which are reduced to two in checked syllables.The entering tones in Jian'ou dialect do not have any entering tone coda () such as , , and which makes it distinct from many other Chinese varieties.