Chinese Intonation

Definition: Chinese language is an amazing language and it is one of the most difficult to learn. Chinese language is a tonal language because one can find many different tones; it means that each tone is an different word.

How many tones are there?
There are four tones in Chinese language, which are:

Tone 1	Tone 2	Tone 3	Tone 4
¯	ˊ	ˇ	ˋ

The First tone

It is known as high-level tone

ā

English	Chinese Characters	Pinyin
They	他们	tāmen

The Second tone

It is known as rising tone

á

English	Chinese Characters	Pinyin
With	隨著	Suí zhe

The third tone

It is known as falling-rising tone

ǎ

English	Chinese Characters	Pinyin
You	你	nǐ

The first tone

It is known as falling tone

à

English	Chinese Characters	Pinyin
Rat	大鼠	Dà shǔ

Read more: Chinese Phrases for Meeting and Greeting