/ts/, /tsʰ/ and /s/ change to null initial, /l/ or /ʒ/.
coda /-ŋ/
/t/, /tʰ/ change to /n/;
/p/, /pʰ/ change to /m/;
/k/, /kʰ/ and /h/ change to /ŋ/;
/ts/, /tsʰ/ and /s/ change to /ŋ/, /n/ or /ʒ/.
coda /-k̚/
/t/, /tʰ/ change to /l/;
/k/, /kʰ/ and /h/ change to null initial;
/ts/, /tsʰ/ and /s/ change to null initial, /l/ or /ʒ/.
Anticipatory assimilation
Tone sandhi
The two-syllable tonal sandhi rules are shown in the table below (the rows give the first syllable's original citation tone, while the columns give the citation tone of the second syllable):
dark level 332
light level 22
rising 42
dark departing 35
light departing 23
dark entering 5
light entering 2
dark level 332
55
55
44
44
light level 22
332
35+42
55
44
44
rising 42
23+332
35+42
55
44
44
dark departing 35
55
55
44
44
light departing 23
55
55
44
44
dark entering 5
55
55
44
44
light entering 2
35+5
55
44
44
Notes
^Min is believed to have split from Old Chinese, rather than Middle Chinese like other varieties of Chinese.[1][2][3]
References
^Mei, Tsu-lin (1970), "Tones and prosody in Middle Chinese and the origin of the rising tone", Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 30: 86–110, doi:10.2307/2718766, JSTOR2718766
