How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
qǐngThird tonejiàFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
rú如guǒ果nǐ你xiàng向lǎo老bǎn板qǐng请jià假lǎo老bǎn板shuō说没wèn问tí题
If you ask your boss for leave, the boss says no problem
qǐng请jià假wǒ我qǐng请jià假le了
I took a leave of absence
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
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He's just gone on leave.
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I have to be absent from school next week.
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.