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Rules of Tones Marks
As a general rule, you should always put tone marks over finals such as, a, o, e, i, u, ü; not over initials.
Tone Mark Placement
The tone mark is placed over the vowel if there is only one vowel letter.
tù, là, dè
口訣 舉例
有a不放過 bào lái huáng
無a找o、e móu liè luò jié
i、u 並列標在後 jiù xiù huí zuì
單個韻母不用說 dé mò gù qì
If there is more than one vowel:
1. If there is an ”a”, the tone will be always put over “a”.
kǎi, chuán, zhuāng
2. If there is no “a”, he tone will be put over “o” or “e”. The tone will be put over the second vowel in other cases.
qióng, hēi, Qiú, tuī
3. When the tone mark is place on i, the small dot is removed.
yí, bín, guī
Sequences of Tones
When we pronounce a sequence of tones, the tones will not always remain the same. The most common ones are as the following:
Rules of Tones Marks
As a general rule, you should always put tone marks over finals such as, a, o, e, i, u, ü; not over initials.
Tone Mark Placement
The tone mark is placed over the vowel if there is only one vowel letter.
tù, là, dè
口訣 舉例
有a不放過 bào lái huáng
無a找o、e móu liè luò jié
i、u 並列標在後 jiù xiù huí zuì
單個韻母不用說 dé mò gù qì
If there is more than one vowel:
1. If there is an ”a”, the tone will be always put over “a”.
kǎi, chuán, zhuāng
2. If there is no “a”, he tone will be put over “o” or “e”. The tone will be put over the second vowel in other cases.
qióng, hēi, Qiú, tuī
3. When the tone mark is place on i, the small dot is removed.
yí, bín, guī
Sequences of Tones
When we pronounce a sequence of tones, the tones will not always remain the same. The most common ones are as the following:
- The Chinese character, “一”, " yī " (English translation: one) is usually pronounced as 1st tone. However it will be pronounced with 2nd tone when directly preceding a 4th tone. Example: “一個” is pronounced as " yí gè ". It will be pronounced with 4th tone when directly preceding a 2nd tone or 3rd tone.
Example: “一本” is pronounced as " yì běn ". - The Chinese character, “不” " bù " (English translation: not) is usually pronounced as 4th tone. However it will be pronounced with 2nd tone when directly preceding a 4th tone.
Example: "不是" (English translation: is not) is pronounced as " bú shì ". - When a syllable that is usually pronounced with 3rd tone, will turn into 2nd tone when directly preceding another 3rd tone. This rule will apply for entire sequences of words!
Example: “兩”( liǎng ), "兩本書" (English translation: two books) is pronounced as "liáng běn shū ".