In English, people use pitch to indicate different sentence functions or to convey emotional nuance. Try reading these two sentences…
In the first module on tones, we introduced tones with simple initials and finals. This module provides more practice with…
Although learners of Chinese often feel that it is more difficult to identify tones in words with more than one…
Among the Chinese lexical tones, the 3rd tone displays the most variation, being pronounced in three different ways depending on…
Tone sandhi rules for yī (one) The word yī (one) bears a 1st tone when it is pronounced alone or…