How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
mángSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
dāng當nǐ你hěn很máng忙hěn很duō多gōng工zuò作yào要處lǐ理shí時,
When you're busy and have a lot of work to do,
duì对fù父mǔ母qīn亲dōu都zài在máng忙
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
Maybe he's busy.
。
Today's even busier than normal.
You're always busy.
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.