How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
jīFirst tonehūFirst tone
Hear it in conversation
jī几hū乎děng等yú于shì是liú留zài在le了yuán原地
tā他jī几hū乎méi没yǒu有jī机huì会jìn进rù入zhè这yàng样de的duì对huà话
He hardly had a chance to enter such a conversation
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
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There are almost no books.
She drank so much she almost passed out.
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.