Pinyin 1
Pinyin 2
All About Tones
Tone Listening
Common Expressions & Tongue Twisters
100
Please write out the word you hear out of the following:
miàn bāo
miàn pāo
What is miàn bāo?
100
Please write the word you hear out of the following:
cùzi
kùzi
What is kùzi?
100
Aside from the neutral tone, how many tones exist in Mandarin Chinese?
What is four tones?
100
Please answer with the tone number of the word you hear (tone 1-4)
What is tone 1? māo
100
This phrase is commonly used to mean "hello."
What is ni hao (你好)?
200
Please write out the word you hear out of the following:
kù
sù
cù
What is cù?
200
Please write out the word you hear:
chǎo fàn
qiǎo fàn
What is chǎo fàn?
200
By themselves, both syllables in ni hao are pronounced in the third tone. Which tones are used when they are said together?
What are the second and third tones?
200
Please write down the word with the tone marks you hear for Beijing:
bèi jǐng
běi jīng
What is běi jīng?
200
This word is used to begin a polite request.
What is qǐ ng?
（Also can be used before starting a martial arts duel)
300
Please answer with the number of the word you hear:
(1) xiǎo nián
(2) shào nián
What is 1? (xiǎo nián)
300
Please write out the word you hear out of the following:
rìzi
ézi
érzi
What is ézi?
300
When the neutral tone occurs in a bisyllabic (two-syllable) word, it always occurs in this syllable.
What is the second syllable? Example: zhuōzi
300
Please write down the word with the tone marks you hear for youyong:
yóu yǒng
yǒu yòng.
What is yóu yǒng?
300
Tongue Twister! Choose someone from your group to say this tongue twister as accurately as they can:
chī pútáo bù tǔ pútáo pí, bù chī pútáo dào tǔ pútáo pí
Good job!
400
Please write down the correct spelling with the tone mark for the word you hear: qiang.
qíang
qiáng
cháng
What is qiáng?
400
Please write out the word you hear out of the following:
shuàn ròu
shuàn ruò
shuàng ruò
What is shuàn ròu?
400
When followed by another 4th tone, the tone of 不 bù changes. Listen to the word bu yao, meaning “don’t want.” What tone is used for bu?
What is the 2nd tone? bú yào
400
The word shuijiao, meaning boiled dumpling, is pronounced with which tones (tones 1-4)?
What are the second and third tones? (after tone sandhi)
400
Tongue Twister! Choose someone from your group to say this tongue twister as accurately as they can:
Shíshīsì qián yǒu sìshísì zhī shí shīzi
Good job! shí shīzi:
500
Please answer with the number of the word you hear:
(1) lè
(2) lù
(3) lǜ
(4) lǜe
What is 3? (lǜ)
500
Please write out the correct spelling in Pinyin of the word you hear out of the following:
choú
qíu
chóu
qiú
What is qiú?
500
By itself, 一 yī is pronounced in the first tone. When followed by another word, tone sandhi often occurs. Listen to the word yi qi, meaning “together.” Which tone is used for yi?
What is the 4th tone? yì qǐ
500
Please write down the word with the tone marks you hear for youyu:
(1) yōu yù
(2) yǒu yú
(3) yóu yú
(4) yōu yú
What is yóuyú?
500
Choose someone from your group to say this tongue twister as accurately as they can:
bā bǎi biāobīng bēn běi pō, pàobīng bìngpái běibiān pǎo
Good job!
