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I'll swim.
How to pronounce 要
How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
yào要
to want; to need
HSK 1
Synthesized Mandarin audio · Vivian voice
yàoFourth tone
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Why do you want to tear it out by hand?
Select a word for its meaning.
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。
I am just about to go out.
。
I want to taste this dish.
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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.