？
How many apples?
How to pronounce 颗
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
kē颗
classifier for small spheres
HSK 5
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
kēFirst tone
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Smash a few cloves of garlic, then chop finely.
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？
Which tooth hurts?
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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.