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 | |
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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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