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**Mastering Chinese Tones:**
* **Key Takeaway:** Focus on pitch, not exact pronunciation as written.
* **Tone Overview:**
1. **1st Tone:** Relatively high pitch
2. **2nd Tone:** Rising (low to high) pitch
3. **3rd Tone:** Generally a low pitch (often with a creaky voice); becomes rising when combined with another 3rd tone
4. **4th Tone:** Falling (high to low) pitch
5. **Neutral Tone:** Light, short, and rhythmic (pronounced by prolonging the previous character's sound)
* **Learning Tips:**
+ Leverage existing intonation skills from your native language
+ Practice each tone in isolation and in combination
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**Language Basics**
1. Chinese Mandarin is a tonal language.
2. In tonal languages, pitch distinguishes the meanings of words.
3. Non-tonal language speakers already possess intonation skills, which can be adapted for Chinese tones.
**Chinese Tones**
4. There are four tones and a neutral tone in Chinese Mandarin.
5. **First Tone**: High pitch, but relatively high compared to other tones.
6. **Second Tone**: Rising tone, from low to high pitch (low-high tone).
7. **Third Tone**: Generally a low tone, often sounds creaky, with a slight fall.
8. **Exception to Third Tone**: When combined with another third tone, the first one becomes a rising tone (like the second tone).
9. **Fourth Tone**: Falling tone, from high to low pitch (high-low tone).
10. **Neutral Tone**: Light, short, and rhythm-like; pronounced by prolonging the previous character's sound.
**Tone Practice and Comparison**
11. The "full third tone" (falling-rising) rarely appears in daily conversation, especially at the end of words or sentences.
12. When pronouncing the second tone, it's similar to saying "tea" in "Do you want some tea?" with a rising intonation.
13. The fourth tone is similar to the pitch in "let's go!" (from high to low).
**Miscellaneous**
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