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Pinyin: 4 Tones & the Neutral Tone


CHINESE TONES OF PINYIN: 4 TONES & THE NEUTRAL TONE

It's very important to get past the beginning stages of learning Chinese tones
so that you can build up a solid foundation for ongoing learning. Here, we'll
teach you how to pronounce pinyin with the 4 tones and the neutral tone one by
one.

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FAYE

Teacher of Pinyin Lessons


MANDARIN CHINESE TONES: 4 TONES & THE NEUTRAL TONE

Basically, there are four Chinese tones in pinyin, but some consider that there
are five tones as there is also a neutral tone. Now let's learn them one by
one.Chinese Tones Practice Guide:First Tone:The first tone is a Flat Tone. When
we pronounce it, we have to keep our voice at a very high pitch and flat
throughout the whole syllable. The tone mark to represent the flat tone is a
horizontal line, just as the line depicts, keep your voice flat and even.Second
Tone:The second tone is the Rising Tone. The rising tone is similiar to the tone
which we use when asking questions, for example, when we say “really?” “What?”
“Huh?” We use the rising tone. The tone mark is represented by a rising line,
Start your voice in the Middle of your toneandMove your head all the way
Up.Third Tone:The third tone is the Falling-Rising Tone. The symbol of third
tone is very similar to a tick which goes down first then goes up. When
pronouncing the third tone, Drop your chin first then Move it up, this little
movement will give you a clue to pronounce the 3rd tone properly.Fourth Tone:The
Fourth Tone is a Falling Tone. The fourth tone is represented by a dropping line
which starts at a High pitch but sharply Drops to the bottom. The fourth tone is
very similar to the tone we use when we get angry, just like when we say “oh!
No!”Neutral Tone:TheNeutral Tone is a toneless tone. It is pronounced very
weakly. As you can see, the neutral tone has no mark above the vowel.


CHINESE TONES PRACTICE: 4 TONES & THE NEUTRAL TONE

In this part, we will make some practice of Chinese tones. Please listen to the
audio first, then repeat and try to figure out the correspondence between these
sounds and the spelling patterns (graphemes) that represent them.

No.TonesUsed in PinyinCharactersMeaningsPronounciation Tips1Flat Tone

mā
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妈n. motherKeep your voice flat and even.2Rising Tone

yú
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鱼n. fishStart your voice in the middle of your tone and move your head all the
way up.3Falling-rising Tone

wǒ
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我pronoun. I or meDrop your chin first then move it up4Falling Tone

bù
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不no or notStart your voice at a high pitch but sharply drop to the
bottom.5Neutral Tone

bàba
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爸爸n. fatherPronounce it without any stress on the syllable.


CHINESE FOUR TONES DRILLS WITH SINGLE FINALS

Listen to the audio first, and then repeat four tone drills of a, o, e, i, u, ü.

Single Vowels with four tones

ā
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á
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ǎ
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à
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ō
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ó
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ǒ
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ò
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ē
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é
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ě
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è
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ī
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í
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ǐ
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ì
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ū
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ú
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ǔ
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ù
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ǖ
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ǘ
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ǚ
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ǜ
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