How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
hǎoThird tonexiàngFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
hǎo好xiàng像zài在仙境ā啊
so beautiful
zǒng總覺得zì自jǐ己hǎo好xiàng像yǒu有nǎ哪xiē些東xī西hái還mò沒zuò做hǎo好,
She had a nagging feeling that there were things she hadn't done well,
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
How fascinating!
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It seems the rural area will be developed on a large scale.
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The bride seems to be very pretty.
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.