哦: o, ó ò (...and ō?)

[Ludens]

My dictionary gives me the following definitions for 哦:

哦 - o - INTJ. ("really?")

哦 - ó - INTJ. of half believing, half doubting

哦 - ò - INTJ. of newly gained understanding

and then there's also:

噢 - ō - INTJ. of surprised understanding or awareness

My question is: are these different tones really used this specifically, or are they mixed up in daily use? It somehow feels stupid to add new cards to my srs deck for all of these separately.

[歐博思]

To me it seems a lot of these sort of words are similar even among different languages. If I wanted to say "哦 - ó - INTJ. of half believing, half doubting" i would probably say my half believing, half doubting o with a rising tone as well. Same for the rest.

I think separate cards are unnecessary.

[Michaelyus]

Could say this about any vocalisation in any language. E.g. what is commonly written as hm, in my idiolect of English at least, has short low 'tone' [irritation or frustrated disagreement], long high level 'tone' [unease, disagreement without wanting to cause conflict], rising 'tone' [querying, slightly taken aback by it], long low falling 'tone' [disappointment, sadness], and probably many many more.

I agree with the post above on the flashcards.

[Ludens]

Thanks for the input. Compared to my native and second language, it indeed seems I was overcomplicating matters.

[Demonic_Duck]

哦, I understand now!