How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
shōuFirst tonedàoFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
If you received a notification
chōng充diàn电器shōu收dào到xìn信hào号zhī之hòu后
cái才néng能gù固dìng定shōu收dào到wǒ我們de的yǐng影piàn片tōng通zhī知!
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See it in a sentence.
Catch a signal.
,。
Up to last week, I hadn't received a reply.
。
I received my salary yesterday.
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.