How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
móSecond tonexíngSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
這jiù就xiàng像shì是組hé合yī一zǔ組樂gāo高chéng城shì市mó模xíng型
wǒ我men们hái还yòng用zhī之qián前de的xiǎo小shēng生yi意mó模xíng型
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
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I made a model plane.
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He likes to build model planes.
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.