[groff] 02/22: gpinyin(1): Clarify.

[G. Branden Robinson]

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commit 9491bc3e878c0ea4f5ee311877d0152106239c08
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon May 10 23:25:34 2021 +1000

    gpinyin(1): Clarify.
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 contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man b/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man
index f9e14a4..8ce5110 100644
--- a/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man
+++ b/contrib/gpinyin/gpinyin.1.man
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ files.
 Pinyin is a method for writing the Mandarin Chinese language with the
 Latin alphabet.
 .
-Mandarin consists of more than four hundred syllables,
-each with one of five different tones.
+Mandarin consists of more than four hundred base syllables,
+each spoken with one of five different tones.
+.
+Changing the tone applied to the syllable generally alters the meaning
+of the word it forms.
 .
 In Pinyin,
 a syllable is written in the Latin alphabet and a numeric tone indicator
@@ -151,8 +154,6 @@ or
 .SS Syllables
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-The Mandarin Chinese language comprises about four hundred syllables.
-.
 In Pinyin,
 each syllable is represented by one to six letters drawn from the
 fifty-two upper- and lowercase letters of the Unicode basic Latin