First tone, or high-level tone (
阴平 literal meaning: yin-level):
Second tone, or rising tone (阳平 literal meaning: yang-level)
Third tone ,low tone, or low-falling-raising (上声 literal meaning: "up tone")
Fourth tone, falling tone (去声 literal meaning: "away tone"),
Neutral tone,Also called Fifth tone or zeroth tone (in Chinese:轻声 literal meaning: "light tone"), neutral tone is sometimes thought of incorrectly as a lack of tone.