How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
qīFirst tone
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dì第qī七jù句zhí职chǎng场kē科jì技huà化
The seventh sentence about workplace technology
💃shū书shàng上shuō说nà那shí时hou候yǒu有qī七gè个zhǔ主yào要de的guó国jiā家。
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Today is July 7.
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This song was popular in the 1970s.
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A rainbow has seven colors.
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A syllable has a shape.
Tone marks show how pitch changes. Colors help you follow each syllable in the app.
ā →First toneHigh and level
á ↗Second toneRising
ǎ ↘↗Third toneLow, then rising in isolation
à ↘Fourth toneFalling
a ·Neutral toneShort and light
These are dictionary tones. In natural speech, tones can change with context. A third tone often stays low before another syllable.