How to pronounce
in Mandarin Chinese
nàFourth tonemeNeutral tone
Hear it in conversation
It's not as tasty for this dish
nà那me么nǐ你xiǎng想xué学xí习zhōng中wén文
then if you want to learn Chinese,
shì事qing情méi没yǒu有xiǎng想xiàng象de的nà那me么kě可pà怕。
things aren't as scary as we imagined.
Select a word for its meaning.
See it in a sentence.
。
It doesn't work all that well.
。
Don't be so pessimistic.
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.