How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
héSecond tonelǐThird tone
Hear it in conversation
hé合lǐ理de的xún循huán环wǎng往复zhōng中
In a sensible cycle that keeps repeating,
duō多樣huà化de的tóu投資組hé合jiù就shì是hé合lǐ理de的ā啊
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See it in a sentence.
The price is reasonable.
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This makes sense to me.
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.