How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
rúSecond tonehéSecond tone
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shǒu首xiān先gēn跟dà大jiā家fēn分xiǎng享rú如hé何tiāo挑xuǎn选zhè这ge个bāo包cài菜
First of all, I'd like to share how to choose the cabbage
jiǎng讲de的shì是rú如hé何yòng用zhōng中wén文qù去chǔ处lǐ理
It was about how to handle things in Chinese
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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.