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How to pronounce 愿意

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yuàn愿yì意to wish; to want

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in Mandarin Chinese

yuàn愿yì意

to wish; to want

HSK 3

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I am willing to participate.

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ā First toneHigh and level
á Second toneRising
ǎ Third toneLow, then rising in isolation
à Fourth toneFalling
a Neutral toneShort and light

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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.