Tones
The tones are very important in Chinese, because the tones make difference in meanings. But don’t get too worried about the tones, it is just a story to show the importance of the tones. Normally people would understand you even if your tones are not 100% accurate.
There are four basic tones in Chinese, respectively called the 1st tone, the 2nd tone, the 3rd tone and the 4th tone.
When two third-tone syllables are read in sequence, the first syllable turns into the second tone.
i.e., the 3+3 sequence becomes a 2+3 one.
However, when put in the written from, the original tone is kept.
Now we have learnt the Chinese syllables, which are made up of three parts-initials, finals and tones.
Please write down the pinyin for 你 and 好 after class.
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