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Are you nervous?
How to pronounce 紧张
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
jǐn紧zhāng张
nervous; keyed up
HSK 4
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
jǐnThird tonezhāngFirst tone
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nerve-wracking questions.
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I was nervous, too.
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He was tense with his new business.
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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.