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Red is out of fashion.
How to pronounce 流行
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
liú流xíng行
popular; in fashion
HSK 4
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
liúSecond tonexíngSecond tone
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This is not very stylish.
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This song was popular in the 1970s.
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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.