How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
qùFourth toneshìFourth tone
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bù不guò过,chéng成wéi为guó国wáng王sān三nián年hòu后,tā他de的fù父qīn亲jiù就qù去shì世le了。
yǐ已jīng经qù去shì世le了de的kē科xué学jiā家Stephen Hawkingjiù就xiàng向rén人men们jǐng警gào告过rén人gōng工zhì智néng能de的wēi危xiǎn险。
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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.