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Is there any extra salt?
How to pronounce 多余
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
duō多yú余
spare; surplus; superfluous
HSK 6
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
duōFirst toneyúSecond tone
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，
Eggplant is cooked, you don't need to fry it for too long.
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。
We have time to spare.
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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.