How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
rúSecond toneguǒThird tone
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rú如guǒ果tā他zhēn真de的jiào叫wǒ我bù不yào要mǎi買de的話
rú如guǒ果nǐ你xiǎng想xì系tǒng统de的xué学好zhōng中wén文
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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.