How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
bìngFourth toneqiěThird tone
Hear it in conversation
bìng并qiě且gěi给wǒ我yī一gè个dà大dà大de的zàn赞
and give me a big thumbs up.
bìng并qiě且huì会tōng通guò过zì自xìn信de的zī姿shì势hé和xíng行dòng动biǎo表xiàn现chū出lái来
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
,。
I was surprised and felt sad.
。
I've always believed in and insisted on this.
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.