How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
pīFirst tonepíngSecond tone
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It is a term for criticizing someone
jiǎng讲huà话zhōng中,tā他pī批píng评le了zhōng中guó国de的yín银háng行hé和zhōng中guó国de的jīn金róng融tǐ体xì系。
shǒu首xiān先,tā他pī批píng评shuō说,OpenAIbù不yīng应gāi该shì是yī一gè个zhuī追qiú求盈利de的gōng公sī司。
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See it in a sentence.
Please criticise as much as possible.
He was harshly criticized.
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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.