How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
wǒThird tone
Hear it in conversation
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Hello everyone, I'm Xiao Gao Jie.
dà大jiā家hǎo好 wǒ我shì是wáng王gāng刚
Hello, I'm Wang Gang
jiù就hǎo好xiàng像wǒ我xué学fǎ法语hěn很duō多shí时hou候
It's like when I learn French a lot of the time
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
I do not drink tea.
I have water.
I want to drink water.
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.