How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
táoSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
āi哎yā呀,guǒ果rán然hái还shi是táo逃bù不guò过nǐ你de的yǎn眼jing睛,lǐ李míng明!
tā他fàn犯le了cuò错wù误,嬴政yào要shā杀tā他,suǒ所yǐ以tā他táo逃dào到le了燕guó国。
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
He is sometimes absent from school.
。
He is exploring the possibility of all escapes.
He escaped.
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.