How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
gèFourth tonezhǒngThird tone
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Will bring various brands of mobile phones
shēn身tǐ体hé和jīng精shén神shàng上de的gè各zhǒng种yā压lì力
ér而shì是kào靠yī一zhěng整tào套diàn电lù路shang上gè各zhǒng种xiǎo小líng零jiàn件
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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.