How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
gǎnThird tonejuéSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
I don't feel very well
suǒ所yǐ以wǒ我gǎn感jué觉měi每yī一nián年
So I feel that every year,
chǎo炒chū出xiàng像xī西hóng红shì柿jiàng酱yī一yàng样de的gǎn感jué觉jiù就kě可yǐ以le了
they look like a paste.
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
I don't feel well.
I feel fine.
How do you feel?
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.