How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
xìnFourth toneyòngFourth tonekǎThird tone
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nǐ你de的Visaxìn信yòng用kǎ卡jiè借jì记kǎ卡dōu都kě可yǐ以shuā刷kǎ卡zhī支fù付
Your Visa credit card or debit card are both acceptable. Please sit for a while
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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.