How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
huáSecond tone
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fān番qié茄chǎo炒蛋,chú除le了zhè这ge个jī鸡dàn蛋yào要tè特bié别nèn嫩huá滑yǐ以wéi为ne呢
For this dish, the eggs have to be cooked very tender. But the most challenging part is that
huá滑guō锅de的mù目dì的shì是fáng防zhǐ止jī鸡ròu肉xià下guō锅fān翻chǎo炒shí时zhān粘guō锅
The goal of greasing the wok is to prevent the chicken from sticking to the wok
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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.