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         <td>play</td>
 
         <td>play</td>
<td>星期天</td>
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<td>不开会</td>
<td>xīngqītiān</td>
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<td>bù kāihuì</td>
<td>Sunday</td>
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<td>to not have a meeting</td>
 
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         <td>play</td>
 
         <td>play</td>
<td>吃 香蕉</td>
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<td>去工作</td>
<td>chī xiāngjiāo</td>
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<td>qù gōngzuò</td>
<td>to eat a banana</td>
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<td>to go work</td>
 
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         <td>play</td>
 
         <td>play</td>
<td>喝 咖啡</td>
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<td>不希望</td>
<td>hē kāfēi</td>
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<td>bù xīwàng</td>
<td>to drink coffee</td>
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<td>to not hope</td>
 
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         <td>play</td>
 
         <td>play</td>
<td>去 公司</td>
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<td>需要帮助</td>
<td>qù gōngsī</td>
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<td>xūyào bāngzhù</td>
<td>to go to the office</td>
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<td>to need help</td>
 
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         <td>play</td>
 
         <td>play</td>
<td>很 开心</td>
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<td>希望工作</td>
<td>hěn kāixīn</td>
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<td>xīwàng gōngzuò</td>
<td>very happy</td>
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<td>to hope to work</td>
 
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Source: [https://store.allsetlearning.com/catalog/b1-tone-pairs_14/ AllSet Learning's "Tone Pair" Pronunciation Pack] (used with permission)
 
Source: [https://store.allsetlearning.com/catalog/b1-tone-pairs_14/ AllSet Learning's "Tone Pair" Pronunciation Pack] (used with permission)

Revision as of 08:44, 20 April 2020

This page will cover some examples of the 1-4 tone pair, which Sinosplice rates as a "3" on a difficulty rating of 1-7 (easiest to hardest).

Practice this tone pair using the words below. Once you can say them reliable in isolation (as just a tone pair), try putting them in longer sentences while keeping the tones accurate.

1-4 Tone Pair Words (A2)

If you're just getting started with tone pairs, these simple two-syllable words and phrases are a good place to start. If these are too easy, you may want to move onto the longer (B1) phrases below.

Audio Chinese Pinyin English
play 因为 yīnwèi because
play 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
play 需要 xūyào to need
play 帮助 bāngzhù to help
play 方便 fāngbiàn convenient

Source: AllSet Learning's "Tone Pair" Pronunciation Pack (used with permission)

1-4 Tone Pair Phrases (B1)

Audio Chinese Pinyin English
play 不开会 bù kāihuì to not have a meeting
play 去工作 qù gōngzuò to go work
play 不希望 bù xīwàng to not hope
play 需要帮助 xūyào bāngzhù to need help
play 希望工作 xīwàng gōngzuò to hope to work

Source: AllSet Learning's "Tone Pair" Pronunciation Pack (used with permission)

1-4 Tone Pair Combos

Source: Sinosplice's Mandarin Chinese Tone Pair Drills (used with permission)

  • 真快 (zhēn kuài) really fast
  • 真大 (zhēn dà) really big
  • 真贵 (zhēn guì) really expensive
  • 真热 (zhēn rè) really hot
  • 真饿 (zhēn è) really hungry

Sources and further reading

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