How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
cèFourth tonelüèFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
從qián前qī期企劃dào到視覺cè策lüè略、實際執行
chāo超yuè越gǔ股shì市漲diē跌de的chéng成gōng功tóu投資cè策lüè略
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See it in a sentence.
She changed her tactics.
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Hope is not a strategy.
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.