How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
bèiFourth toneziNeutral tone
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wǎn晚shang上gài盖zhe着shuì睡jiào觉de的bèi被zi子 chú除le了bèi被zi子
the kind you use to sleep under at night. Besides the quilt,
bèi被zi子yǒu有méi没yǒu有dié叠hǎo好
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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.