How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
yǐThird tone
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yǐ已jìn进rù入dào到dì第sān三dài代
had reached its third generation.
「摩爾dìng定律yǐ已sǐ死」de的聲音yuè越來yuè越dà大
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The problem's been solved.
The file is corrupt.
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Valuable time has been lost.
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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.