How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
fángSecond tonejiānFirst tone
Hear it in conversation
I'm coming out of the room.
tǎng躺zài在hēi黑àn暗de的fáng房jiān间lǐ里kàn看diàn电zi子píng屏mù幕;
wǒ我de的fáng房jiān间bāo包hán含zǎo早cān餐ma吗
included in my room?
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
。
This room is small and clean.
Clean up the room.
。
Tidy up the room.
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.