How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
měiThird tone
Hear it in conversation
is... I eat lots of eggs every day.
suǒ所yǐ以wǒ我gǎn感jué觉měi每yī一nián年
So I feel that every year,
yuán原yīn因jiù就shì是nǐ你suǒ所看dào到de的měi每yī一gè个shì视pín频
The reason is that every video you see
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See it in a sentence.
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She spends an hour studying every day.
I go every year.
I run every day.
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.