In English, daddy with a high rising tone means "is that daddy?"

在英语中，爸爸用高声调表示“是爸爸吗？”

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The third tone is a long low tone plus a short rising tone.

第三声由长降调和短升调组成。

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Rising tone is used in special questions to ask for repation.

升调被用在要求重复的特殊疑问句里。

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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke appears to still have support for his extraordinary monetary policy efforts, but a rising hawkish tone and the looming end of his term in 2014 could portend a shift sooner than the Street expects and contributed to a pullback in the market Wednesday.

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The combination of shrinking supply and rising demand bolstered market tone.

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Russia would like to think that the recent slight softening of Iran's public tone and the rising domestic criticism of its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, may owe something to fears of losing its only legitimate outside source of nuclear technology.

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