How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
jiāngFirst tone
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This will be my biggest motivation to update.
zhí植wù物jiāng将shuǐ水fèn分chǔ储cún存zài在ní泥tǔ土zhōng中
Plants store water in the soil.
wǒ我men们jiāng将bāng帮zhù助dà大jiā家fēn分xī析4gè个cí词huì汇
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。
Materials will be provided.
。
The meeting will take place next Sunday.
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New stamps will be issued next month.
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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.