Chinese tones - 75 phrases

Tones

75 phrases

yī yí yǐ yì i — 1st tone / 2nd tone / 3rd tone / 4th tone

yī → — 1st tone - high and flat

yí ↗ — 2nd tone - rising, like a question

yǐ ↘↗ — 3rd tone - dips down then up

yì ↘ — 4th tone - falls sharply

wū wú wǔ wù u — 1st tone / 2nd tone / 3rd tone / 4th tone

wū → — 1st tone - high and flat

wú ↗ — 2nd tone - rising, like a question

wǔ ↘↗ — 3rd tone - dips down then up

wù ↘ — 4th tone - falls sharply

yū yú yǔ yù ü — 1st tone / 2nd tone / 3rd tone / 4th tone

yū → — 1st tone - high and flat

yú ↗ — 2nd tone - rising, like a question

yǔ ↘↗ — 3rd tone - dips down then up

yù ↘ — 4th tone - falls sharply

mā má mǎ mà ma — 1st tone / 2nd tone / 3rd tone / 4th tone

mā → — 1st tone - high and flat

má ↗ — 2nd tone - rising, like a question

mǎ ↘↗ — 3rd tone - dips down then up

mà ↘ — 4th tone - falls sharply

妈麻马骂 mā má mǎ mà — mother / hemp; numb / horse / to scold

一姨椅亿 yī yí yǐ yì — one / aunt (mother's sister) / chair / hundred million

八拔把爸 bā bá bǎ bà — eight / to pull out / handle; to hold / dad

汤糖躺烫 tāng táng tǎng tàng — soup / sugar; sweets / to lie down / scalding hot

书熟鼠树 shū shú shǔ shù — book / ripe; cooked / mouse; rat / tree

鸡急几记 jī jí jǐ jì — chicken / urgent; anxious / how many / to remember; record

西习洗戏 xī xí xǐ xì — west / to practise / to wash / drama; play

温文吻问 wēn wén wěn wèn — warm / writing; culture / to kiss / to ask

包薄饱抱 bāo báo bǎo bào — bag; to wrap / thin / full (from eating) / to hug

七骑起气 qī qí qǐ qì — seven / to ride / to rise / air; anger

猪竹主住 zhū zhú zhǔ zhù — pig / bamboo / main; owner / to live; stay

妈 mā — 1st tone - mother

麻 má — 2nd tone - hemp; numb

马 mǎ — 3rd tone - horse

骂 mà — 4th tone - to scold

一 yī — 1st tone - one

姨 yí — 2nd tone - aunt (mother's sister)

椅 yǐ — 3rd tone - chair

亿 yì — 4th tone - hundred million

八 bā — 1st tone - eight

拔 bá — 2nd tone - to pull out

把 bǎ — 3rd tone - handle; to hold

爸 bà — 4th tone - dad

汤 tāng — 1st tone - soup

糖 táng — 2nd tone - sugar; sweets

躺 tǎng — 3rd tone - to lie down

烫 tàng — 4th tone - scalding hot

书 shū — 1st tone - book

熟 shú — 2nd tone - ripe; cooked

鼠 shǔ — 3rd tone - mouse; rat

树 shù — 4th tone - tree

鸡 jī — 1st tone - chicken

急 jí — 2nd tone - urgent; anxious

几 jǐ — 3rd tone - how many

记 jì — 4th tone - to remember; record

西 xī — 1st tone - west

习 xí — 2nd tone - to practise

洗 xǐ — 3rd tone - to wash

戏 xì — 4th tone - drama; play

温 wēn — 1st tone - warm

文 wén — 2nd tone - writing; culture

吻 wěn — 3rd tone - to kiss

问 wèn — 4th tone - to ask

包 bāo — 1st tone - bag; to wrap

薄 báo — 2nd tone - thin

饱 bǎo — 3rd tone - full (from eating)

抱 bào — 4th tone - to hug

七 qī — 1st tone - seven

骑 qí — 2nd tone - to ride

起 qǐ — 3rd tone - to rise

气 qì — 4th tone - air; anger

猪 zhū — 1st tone - pig

竹 zhú — 2nd tone - bamboo

主 zhǔ — 3rd tone - main; owner

住 zhù — 4th tone - to live; stay

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