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1st tone + 1st tone
tiānkōng
hūxī
chūzūchē
jiāqī jiābā
bēigōng qūxī
2nd tone + 2nd tone
báitáng
fénghé
xíngróngcí
értóng wénxué
pútáoyá rén
3rd tone + 3rd tone
Don’t forget when two 3rd together, the first 3rd tone changes to the 2nd tone.
If it’s multiple 3rd tones, you need to find out which two characters are in a pair, and then change the tones before you link the whole sentence.
For example：Wǒ yǒu liǎng bǎ xiǎo yǔ sǎn
| Wǒ | yǒu | liǎngbǎ | xiǎo | yǔsǎn | |
| Step 1: Break the sentence into words | I | have | two (+measure word) | small | umbrellas |
| Step 2: change tones in a word | Wǒ | yǒu | liángbǎ | xiǎo | yúsǎn |
| Step 3: Check the rest words If there’re two 3rd tones, change it | Wó | yǒu | liángbá | xiǎo | yúsǎn |
| Final step: Make sure there’s no 3 tone link together | 2 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 23 |
mǐfěn
mǎyǐ
xǐzǎo shuǐ
zhǐ lǎohǔ
zǒngtǒng fǔ
mǎi shuǐguǒ
nǐhǎo biǎojiě
liǎngzhǒng xiǎoniǎo yǎo gǎnlǎn
nǐ xiǎng mǎi zhǐjiǎ jiǎn
wǒ gěi zǐnǚ yǎng xiǎogǒu
lǎobǎn dǎshǎng wǒ shǒubiǎo
4th tone + 4th tone
bèndàn
shuìjiào
yùndòng huì
duìwài màoyì
shèhuì jiàoyù
1st tone + 3rd tone
bīngshuǐ
xīguǎn
xiāngbīnjiǔ
chī jītuǐ
sānwēnnuǎn
1st tone + 4th tone
bāyuè
kāifàng
kāfēi diàn
tīng yīnyuè
hūxī kōngqì
2nd tone + 1st tone
xuéfēn
fúzhuāng
pá lóutī
zhéxué jiā
hánguó guógē
2nd tone + 4th tone
tígào
xíngshì
míngniánmò
júhóng sè
yángyáng déyì
3rd tone + 1st tone
wǔgōng
hǎochī
wǎngměi fēng
mǎishǒujī
xiǎo bǐnggān
3rd tone + 2nd tone
jǔxíng
guǒrán
zhǐjiǎ yóu
shuǐguǒchá
suǒyǒurén
3rd tone + 4th tone
wǔqì
lǔròu
běi hǎi‘àn
shuǐjiǎo xiàn
xuǎnjǔ kǒuhào
4th tone + 1st tone
kànshū
lǜshī
zuògōng
diàndòng chē
zhàndòujī
1st + 2nd + 3rd + 4th
dēnghóng jiǔlǜ
qiānqí bǎiguài
suāntián kǔlà
guāngmíng lěiluò
yāomó guǐguài
4th + 3rd + 2nd + 1st
diàohǔ líshān
shìsǐ rúguī
nìshuǐ xíngzhōu
duànzǐ juésūn
shùnlǐ chéngzhāng
