。
She came to the bedroom.
How to pronounce 卧室
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
wò卧shì室
bedroom
HSK 5
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
wòFourth toneshìFourth tone
See it in a sentence.
。
The bedrooms are upstairs.
。
I showed him my bedroom.
Hear the difference
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.