How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
zǎoThird toneshangNeutral tone
Hear it in conversation
kě可shì是zǎo早shang上hái还shi是yào要qǐ起lai来。
But I still had to get up in the morning.
zhōu周liù六zǎo早shang上wǒ我shuì睡dào到zhōng中wǔ午shí十èr二diǎn点,
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See it in a sentence.
。
She puts on makeup every morning.
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The weather was bitterly cold this morning.
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.