tones in Chinese
shēng diào ·tones; the tones of Mandarin ·17 strokes HSK 6
tones in Chinese is 声调, pronounced shēng diào.
How to write 声调
Animated stroke order. Tap a character to replay its stroke order.
Stroke order of 声
Stroke order of 调
HSK level
HSK 6声调 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 6. An advanced band: near-fluent comprehension of abstract material.
声调 in a sentence
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中 文 有 四 个 声 调 。Mandarin has four tones.
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声 调 很 重 要 。Tones are very important.
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这 个 字 的 声 调 是 什 么 ？What is the tone of this character?
声调 vs 拼音 vs 语调
Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.
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拼音 pīn yīn pinyin
The romanization — 拼音 writes the sound, 声调 marks the tone on top (ā á ǎ à).
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语调 yǔ diào intonation
Sentence melody — rising/falling intonation. 声调 is the pitch on each syllable.