How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
pīFirst tonezhǔnThird tone
Hear it in conversation
The approval has been granted, no problem
dōu都xū需yào要獲得zhèng政fǔ府pī批zhǔn准
wǒ我men们bǎ把pī批zhǔn准hé和yuè阅dú读gě合qǐ起lai来
We combine approval and reading
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
。
She approved of my plan.
。
I am waiting for approval.
He was granted permission to leave early.
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.