Tutors: Tones

Select a Tone

The Tones page is a crucial feature on the FullChinese app: it allows you to become stronger in tone recognition and reproduction in speech and text. You will not only gain a better understanding of the 4 main tones, but also allow a better understanding of more complex tone sequences. For instance, the notorious "Tone 3 Tone 3" sequence has its own page. For more advanced learners, the tone page is a useful reference in language fluency.

For instance, let's take a look at the first tone. If you press on the "Tone 1" button, you are brought to the page below. You will only see the Tone 1 Icon at the top, but also an example character using the first tone. Similarly, each tone will have a short description of what it sounds like (e.g., Tone 1 = High constant pitch) as well as useful context. At the very bottom, you will also notice 8 buttons: they represent all possible, successive sequences using the first tone.

Below demonstrates the Tone 1 Tone 3 and the Tone 1 Tone 3 Tone 1 sequences. They are all accompanied by examples such that you can become more familiar with the sound.

Good, now take a set of tone sequences starting with the 2nd tone. ​It should look similar to the examples below but with the second tone:

Now let's learn about the Characters page!

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