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How to pronounce 意见

How to pronounce

in Mandarin Chinese

yì意jiàn见

idea; opinion

HSK 4

Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice

yìFourth tonejiànFourth tone

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"I will listen to the other party's opinions first,

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See it in a sentence.

。

I have a few thoughts.

。

I have an opinion.

。

This is my personal opinion.

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.

Dictionary and example sources

Definitions adapt CC-CEDICT through HSK 3.0, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Definitions are shortened for study.

Examples include Lock In original sentences and the Tatoeba Project, under CC BY 2.0 France. Chinese text is normalized to simplified characters. Pinyin follows the study dictionary.