。
Go straight home.
How to pronounce 直接
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
zhí直jiē接
direct; immediate
HSK 4
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
zhíSecond tonejiēFirst tone
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. I like to bite shrimp directly with my mouth,
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See it in a sentence.
。
He's very straightforward.
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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.