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How to pronounce 遵守

How to pronounce

in Mandarin Chinese

zūn遵shǒu守

to comply with; to abide by

HSK 5

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zūnFirst toneshǒuThird tone

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Follow the rules.

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I follow the rules.

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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.

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Definitions adapt CC-CEDICT through HSK 3.0, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Definitions are shortened for study.

Examples include Lock In original sentences and the Tatoeba Project, under CC BY 2.0 France. Chinese text is normalized to simplified characters. Pinyin follows the study dictionary.