How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
gānFirst tonejìngFourth tone
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changed into a clean white shirt
wǒ我de的 shǒu手 cā擦 gān干jìng净 lā啦
My hands are clean!
suī虽rán然yǒu有点rè热kě可shì是hěn很gān干jìng净míng明liàng亮
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See it in a sentence.
The classroom is clean.
Is the bath clean?
。
This room is small and clean.
Hear the difference
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.