How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
yāoFirst toneqǐngThird tone
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It is possible that very important people will be invited to speak
bìng并qiě且yāo邀qǐng请tā他yī一qǐ起kāi开fā发jiāo交liú流diàn电de的xì系tǒng统
xiàn现zài在,wǒ我yě也xiǎng想yāo邀qǐng请nǐ你jiā加rù入chá茶xiē歇zhōng中wén文de的tuán团duì队。
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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.