How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
cíSecond tonezhíSecond tone
Hear it in conversation
You resigned voluntarily
zuì最jìn近wǒ我de的péng朋you友cí辞zhí职le了
Recently, my friend resigned
wǒ我wèi为shén什me么cí辞zhí职
Why I quit my job
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
He quit.
。
The army forced him to resign.
Hear the difference
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.