。
Don't smile.
How to pronounce 微笑
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
wēi微xiào笑
smile
HSK 5
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
wēiFirst tonexiàoFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
，
but they all had smiles on their faces,
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
。
Keep on smiling.
。
She greeted me with a smile.
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.