How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
yàoFourth tonebùFourth tone
Hear it in conversation
dòu豆jiāng浆nǐ你yào要bù不zhí直jiē接ná拿xiāng箱zi子lǐ里miàn面
Soy milk? Why don't you just take it from the box?
yào要bù不jiù就shì是繼續zì自jǐ己zài在jiā家gù顧,無fǎ法huí回dào到職場shàng上bān班賺錢
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Perhaps we could get a drink sometime.
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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.