{"id":544,"date":"2022-06-16T14:31:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T14:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=544"},"modified":"2025-08-09T21:53:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:53:54","slug":"chinesetones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Tones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/#The_first_tone\" >The first tone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/#The_second_tone\" >The second tone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/#The_third_tone\" >The third tone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/#The_fourth_tone\" >The fourth tone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/#The_neutral_tone\" >The neutral tone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/16\/chinesetones\/#Tone_Practice_1\" >Tone Practice 1<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning Chinese tones is a pain for you? Hey, that is not true! It&#8217;s actually a pain for your teacher, not you. OK, back to the topic. &#8220;Tones&#8221; this word may not exist in your language, but it is definitely in your language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now try to say &#8220;Mom, where are you?&#8221; and &#8220;Mom! stop saying that!&#8221; Do you say these two &#8220;mom&#8221; in the same pitch? I believe the answer is no. The first sentence of mom is the second tone in Chinese, and the second one is the fourth tone in Chinese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Chinese tones are all about pitches. And the pitch of each Chinese tone is relative to your vocal range, so you don&#8217;t need to speak exactly like your Chinese friends or teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to read? Check my Insta for 1 min video instruction.<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CR-nqleHOZ5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1st tone I<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CR-o8VsnxY-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1st tone II<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSBER5_n6YD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2nd tone<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSGT8EdH4BS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3rd tone<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CST2efOnnE9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3rd+3rd<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSLudnLiB9f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4th tone<\/a> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CSOjyq0HSck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">neutral tone<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tones.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tones.webp 680w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tones-600x524.webp 600w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tones-300x262.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_first_tone\"><\/span>The first tone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can imagine 1 to 5 is Do to Sol. The first tone is Sol to Sol (one beat). <br>If you are not good at singing then please try to think when you say &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Ha<\/mark>ppy Birthday&#8221;, the &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">ha<\/mark>&#8221; is the first tone.<br><br>\u0101 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>m\u0101 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>t\u012b  <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>g\u016b <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>zh\u014dng <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>t\u0101ng<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1\u8072.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_second_tone\"><\/span>The second tone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The second tone starts lower, from Mi to Sol (one beat). <br>If you are not good at singing then please try to think when you say &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Wha<\/mark>t!?&#8221;,&nbsp;the &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">wha<\/mark>&#8221; is the second tone.<br><br>\u00e1 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>m\u00e1 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>t\u00ed <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>gu\u00f3 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>c\u00f3ng <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>t\u00e1ng <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>f\u00e9ng<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2\u8072.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_third_tone\"><\/span>The third tone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The third one is a little tricky. It looks like you need to pronounce Re-Do-Fa in one beat, but if you do so it will be very rush even for a native speaker. So what we do is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In a sentence,<\/strong>&nbsp;the third tone is pronounced&nbsp;<strong>as a low tone (Re to Do)<\/strong><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">.<\/mark><br>y\u01d4ti\u0101n <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>zh\u01d2ngl\u00e8i <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>h\u0113shu\u01d0ma <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>ch\u012bdi\u01cenx\u012bn <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>b\u00f9xi\u011bz\u00ec <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.1.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>   2.  <strong>In isolation,<\/strong>&nbsp;the third tone is usually pronounced as&nbsp;<strong>a falling-rising tone (Re to Do to Fa)<\/strong><br>You can also try to think when you say, &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Did<\/mark> you?&#8221;&nbsp;the &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">did<\/mark>&#8221; is the third tone. For the beginner learners, I strongly recommend you nod your head when you practice pronouncing it.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">.<\/mark><br>\u01ce <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>m\u01ce <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>t\u01d0 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>h\u01ceo <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>z\u01d2ng <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>du\u01d2 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.2.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Special rule\uff1a<\/mark><\/strong>When&nbsp;<strong>the third tone links to another third tone,<\/strong>&nbsp;the first third tone change into&nbsp;<strong>a second tone<\/strong>.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">.<\/mark><br>m\u01cet\u01d2ng <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>x\u01d0sh\u01d2u <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>shu\u01d0ji\u01ceo  <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>y\u01d4s\u01cen <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>f\u011bnb\u01d0 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>n\u01d0h\u01ceo <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>xi\u01ceog\u01d2u<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/3.3.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_fourth_tone\"><\/span>The fourth tone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The fourth tone starts from high pitch to low pitch (Sol to Do). It sounds a little bit like you are angry, so don&#8217;t forget to smile when you speak Chinese:) The same idea, if you think it is hard, try to say <mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Shi<\/mark>t! the &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">shi<\/mark>&#8221; is the fourth tone.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">.<\/mark><br>\u00e0 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>m\u00e0 <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>t\u00ec <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>f\u00e8i <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>bi\u00e0n <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>su\u00e0n <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">\u3002<\/mark>gu\u00ec<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4\u8072.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_neutral_tone\"><\/span>The neutral tone<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The last one is very short. It only pronounce a quarter beat like when you say <mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A<\/mark> bike that &#8220;<mark style=\"background-color:#f78da7\" class=\"has-inline-color\">a<\/mark>&#8221; is a neutral tone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some textbooks mentioned a neutral tone is not a fixed tone. It changes the pitches depending on the previous tone, but honestly, the neutral tone is too light and short in a conversation. Besides, no matter how you pronounce the neutral tone (higher or lower), it won&#8217;t change the meaning of a word. 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