Context: Wu Chinese has a three-way distinction in stops and affricates: /p pʰ b/. In addition to aspirated and unaspirated consonants, there is a series of muddy consonants, like /b/. These are pronounced with slack or breathy voice: that is, they are weakly voiced. Muddy consonants as initial cause a syllable to be pronounced with low pitch or light (陽 yáng) tone.

Question: What has a three-way distinction in regards to stops and affricates?
Answer: Wu Chinese

Question: What is the actual distinction for Wu Chinese?
Answer: /p pʰ b/

Question: What is /b/ representative of, in addition to aspirated and unaspirated consonants?
Answer: Muddy consonants

Question: What kind of voice are muddy consonants pronounced with?
Answer: slack or breathy

Question: Wu Chinese has a four-way distinction in what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is strongly voiced?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What causes a syllable to be pronounced with high pitch or light tone?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is an example of a breathy consonant?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What causes a stop to be pronounced with low pitch or light tone?
Answer: Unanswerable