How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
wǎngThird tonezhànFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
You went to a website
Googlede的wǎng网zhàn站shàng上yǒu有nà那me么duō多tú图piàn片。
jié节mù目de的yuán原文,wǒ我huì会fàng放zài在wǎng网zhàn站shàng上,dà大jiā家kě可yǐ以miǎn免fèi费qù去dú读。
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
Is the website good?
This site is great!
。
The website manager is very busy.
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.