How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
fēnFirst tonekāiFirst tone
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, are flavor and sugar separate?
yòng用kǎn砍dāo刀bǎ把肘zi子hé和zhū猪蹄fēn分kāi开
Use a cleaver to separate the knuckle from the pig trotter.
qí其shí实zhè这liǎng两gè个jiē阶duàn段shì是tóng同shí时jìn进xíng行de的,wǒ我men们bǎ把tā它fēn分kāi开chǔ处lǐ理,huì会gèng更yǒu有zhēn针duì对xìng性。
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Could you wrap this separately, please?
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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.