How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
díSecond tonerénSecond tone
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zài在25suì岁de的nà那nián年，嬴政xiāo消miè灭le了suǒ所yǒu有zhèng政zhì治de的dí敌rén人，yōng拥yǒu有le了秦guó国suǒ所yǒu有de的quán权lì力，suǒ所yǒu有de的power。
xiàn现zài在，guó国nèi内méi没yǒu有dí敌rén人le了，嬴政kāi开shǐ始zhǔn准bèi备攻dǎ打wài外miàn面de的dí敌rén人，jiù就shì是zhī之qián前shuō说guo过de的liù六gè个guó国jiā家。
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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
These are dictionary tones. In natural speech, tones can change with context. A third tone often stays low before another syllable.