What place?
How to pronounce 地方
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
dì地fang方
place; location
HSK 3
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
dìFourth tonefangNeutral tone
dì地fāng方
local; locality
HSK 6
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
dìFourth tonefāngFirst tone
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This is the local government's decision.
。
The central and local levels must work together.
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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.