How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
lǚThird toneyóuSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
💃,
shí十qī期lǚ旅yóu游shū书jiù就shì是jiǎng讲
wǒ我bù不kě可yǐ以qù去lǚ旅yóu游
I can't go on vacation.
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
He loves taking trips.
They traveled together.
。
The Japanese like to travel in groups.
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.