How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
huángSecond tone
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First, we need to prepare half of a yellow chicken
shù树叶biàn变huáng黄le了fēng风yī一chuī吹jiù就piāo飘xià下lai来hěn很piào漂liang亮
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Don't you like my yellow scarf?
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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.