How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
huángSecond tonedìFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
💃。 🕺,
秦cháo朝de的dì第yī一gè个huáng皇dì帝,jiù就shì是秦始皇。
gǔ古dài代,zhōng中guó国de的huáng皇dì帝qǐng请dà大jiā家chī吃fàn饭,yǒu有shí时候jiù就shì是chī吃gǒu狗ròu肉。
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See it in a sentence.
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Even the emperor must be reasonable.
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The Emperor's Birthday fell on Sunday.
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.