How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
xiāngFirst tonedāngFirst tone
Hear it in conversation
duì对xiāng相dāng当hào好qí奇hā哈hā哈hā哈hā哈
dàn但shì是zhè这ge个guò过chéng程yě也shì是yǒu有xiāng相dāng当dà大de的损耗de的
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See it in a sentence.
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It's fairly warm today.
He's rather handsome.
I'm pretty tall.
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.