Mandarin Chinese
      Tone Pairs
          Two-syllable words can have 15 possible combinations of the four tones (the pair 3-3 is pronounced as 2-3, called tone sandhi). The table below shows all these pairs, colored by your accuracy—green is good, red is bad. Click a pair to practice.
            | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ā ā | ā á | ā ǎ | ā à | 
| 2 | á ā | á á | á ǎ | á à | 
| 3 | ǎ ā | ǎ á | ǎ à | |
| 4 | à ā | à á | à ǎ | à à | 
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