How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
zuìFourth tonejìnFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
Or the project he has been in charge of recently
yīn因wèi为wǒ我zuì最jìn近bān搬jiā家le了
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
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The report has been recently published.
He died recently.
I feel very lonely these days.
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.