Tuesday 8 April 2014

Chinese Tones

What is pinyin?
Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean? It means the tone changes the meaning
How many tones are there? there are 4 tones

Tone 1 bā high flat

Tone 2 bá rising

Tone 3 bä fall and rise


Tone 4 bà falls

Chinese characters don’t show how words sound.

What does ba (tone 1) mean? 8

What does ba (tone 4) mean? Dad

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