'' Pinyin Tones ''

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I've studied chinese language for more than 5 years. In my opinion , the hardest things to learn is " Pinyin Tones / Sheng Diao . Dont worry , i believe , if we want to study hard , one day we can speak chinese fluently , but its need a time .. 

There are four tones and a neutral tone in Mandarin Chinese. Lets start to study it now ! 

    • The 1st tone, flat tone is marked with a line over a vowel such as
a + - = ā 
( 妈妈 Māmā )

    • The 2nd tone, rising tone is marked with a rising line over a vowel such as
a + ´ = á
( 爷爷 Yéyé )
    • The 3rd tone, falling-rising tone is marked with a hook over a vowel such as
a + v = ă
( 姐姐 Jiějiě )
    • The 4th tone, falling tone is marked with a falling line over a vowel such as
a + ` = à
( 爸爸 Bàba )
    • For neutral tone also called toneless tone (called "light sound" in Chinese), no marking is put above any vowel. For example,
a + " " = a
( A 啊 )