What is pinyin? pinyin is chinese words which show the tone when saying a word because different tones in a word means something different.
Chinese is a tonal language. What does this mean? It means that chinese words have tones a little bit like pitch sounds, so they mean something different
How many tones are there? there are 4 tones.
Describe how your voice changes for each tone
Tone 1 - high pitched but flat.
Tone 2 - the pitch goes up.
Tone 3 - the pitch goes up and down.
Tone 4 - the pitch goes down.
Chinese characters don’t show what tone you should use.
What does ba (tone 1) mean? number 8
What does ba (tone 4) mean? dad
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