How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
fānFirst tone
Hear it in conversation
zhè这xiē些wèn问tí题ràng让wǒ我fān翻lái来fān翻qù去,shuì睡bù不着。
These questions kept me awake.
nǐ你dǎ打tā它rán然hòu后ràng让tā它fān翻yī一gè个miàn面
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See it in a sentence.
The value doubled.
。
Please turn the paper over.
He turned a page.
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.