Chinese Pinyin : Tone

MANDARIN TIME!

with Sakinah Laoshi

老师 早安！

lǎo shī zǎo ān！

good morning teacher！

老师

lǎo shī

teacher

早安！

zǎo ān！

good morning

第一课：四声

dì yī kè: sì shēng

Lesson 1: The Four Tone

How do you read a chinese word?

Pinyin!

Chinese language has tone

is a bit like singing!

1st tone

the singing flat tone

Multiple Choice

which is 1st tone?

2nd tone

the unsure "what?" tone

Multiple Choice

which is 2nd tone?

3rd tone

the deep zombie tone

Multiple Choice

which is 3rd tone?

4th tone

the assertive "no!" tone

Multiple Choice

which is 4th tone?

Multiple Choice

Based on the audio, which tone is correct?

• mā

• má

• mǎ

• mà

Multiple Choice

lǎo shī

Multiple Choice

Based on the audio, which tone is correct?

• dā

• dá

• dǎ

• dà

Multiple Choice

lao shi

• lāo shǐ

• láo shì

• lǎo shī

Can you tell the four tone apart?

That's all for today.

谢谢 老师

xiè xiè lǎo shī