Tone Rules & Changes
Explanations of tricky tonal sequences.
6 articles
5th tones and 一下 yixia, why isn't it "yíxià" in speech?
How do I handle multiple 4th tones in a row?
Multiple 3rd tones, how do I deal with them?
What's the difference between 3rd and 4th tone?
Why does the 2nd character in a compound word sometimes change to 5th tone?
了 le sometimes sounds like "la," what's up with that?