？
How is the weather today?
How to pronounce 怎么样
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
zěn怎me么yàng样
how?; how about?
HSK 1
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
zěnThird tonemeNeutral toneyàngFourth tone
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？
How's life?
？
How is the economy?
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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.