Professor Tsai points out that Japanese consists mainly of a high pitch and a low pitch, much less markedly cadenced than the four tones of Mandarin or the seven of Fukienese. As a result, teachers in language schools are constantly telling their Chinese students, "Say it softer!
蔡茂豐指出，日文多半是上揚及下降的音調，像京片子的四聲或閩南語七聲那樣抑揚頓挫的極少，因此在語言學校裡，老師總不停地要中國學生「念輕一點！」