How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
shǔThird toneyúSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
There's always a dish for you!
chuàng创zào造yī一gè个shǔ属yú于zì自jǐ己de的xiǎo小shì世jiè界,
jué觉de得yǒu有guī归shǔ属gǎn感wǒ我shǔ属yú于zhè这ge个gōng公sī司
Feel a sense of belonging, I belong to this company
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
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Apples are fruit.
It belongs to my brother.
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.