1 Tones

Chinese is a tonal language. Tones are used to differentiate the meanings between words that have the same syllable.

There are four tones in Mandarin Chinese, as shown below:

Four tones in Chinese language

Watch the following video to learn how the four tones are pronounced:

In addition, there is a neutral tone, which is pronounced quickly and lightly. Syllables with a neutral tone have no tone mark. Watch the video below to learn how to pronounce it:

 

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