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How to pronounce 文章

How to pronounce

in Mandarin Chinese

wén文zhāng章

article; essay

HSK 4

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wénSecond tonezhāngFirst tone

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This article is very good.

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I want to write an article.

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The article begins with an account of the current situation.

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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.

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.