[ Linguistic Bits 16 ] Tones in Chinese 中文的声调 | Learn Chinese with Yoyo Mo

中文里的四个声调，zhōng | wén | lǐ | de | sì | gè | shēng | diàoThe four tones in Chinese,是否让你困惑呢？shì | fǒu | ràng | nǐ | kùn | huò | nedo they confuse you?我们听到很多外国人说的中文，wǒ | men | tīng | dào | hěn | duō | wài | guó | rén | shuō | de | zhōng | wénWe hear many foreigners speaking Chinese,都是声调不对的，dōu | shì | shēng | diào | bù | duì | detheir tones are often incorrect.但是！dàn | shìBut!我们都能听懂，wǒ | men | dōu | néng | tīng | dǒngwe can still understand them,所以声调不那么重要，suǒ | yǐ | shēng | diào | bù | nà | me | zhòng | yàoso tones are not that important—信息和感情的交流才重要。xìn | xī | hé | gǎn | qíng | de | jiāo | liú | cái | zhòng | yàothe exchange of information and emotions is what matters.另外呢，有很多方言，lìng | wài | ne | yǒu | hěn | duō | fāng | yánBesides, there are many dialects就是和普通话有不一样的声调，jiù | shì | hé | pǔ | tōng | huà | yǒu | bù | yī | yàng | de | shēng | diàothat have different tones from Mandarin,所以四个声调的标准用法只存在于普通话里。suǒ | yǐ | sì | gè | shēng | diào | de | biāo | zhǔn | yòng | fǎ | zhǐ | cún | zài | yú | pǔ | tōng | huà | lǐso the standard use of the four tones only exists in Mandarin.那如果想要说很正确的声调，nà | rú | guǒ | xiǎng | yào | shuō | hěn | zhèng | què | de | shēng | diàoIf you want to pronounce tones correctly,要怎么做呢？yào | zěn | me | zuò | newhat should you do?模仿，mó | fǎngImitate—反复模仿。fǎn | fù | mó | fǎngimitate repeatedly.这就是我在节目里常说的观点，zhè | jiù | shì | wǒ | zài | jié | mù | lǐ | cháng | shuō | de | guān | diǎnThis is the opinion I often mention in the program,尤其是影子跟读，yóu | qí | shì | yǐng | zi | gēn | dúespecially shadowing,我觉得是学任何语言的最好方法。wǒ | jué | de | shì | xué | rèn | hé | yǔ | yán | de | zuì | hǎo | de | fāng | fǎwhich I think is the best way to learn any language.我们来读一些一声调的词：wǒ | men | lái | dú | yī | xiē | yī | shēng | diào | de | cíLet’s read some first-tone words:春天，星空，飞机，烟花。chūn | tiān | xīng | kōng | fēi | jī | yān | huāchūn tiān (spring), xīng kōng (starry sky), fēi jī (airplane), yān huā (fireworks).息息相关，开开心心。xī | xī | xiāng | guān | kāi | kāi | xīn | xīnxī xī xiāng guān (closely linked), kāi kāi xīn xīn (happy and joyful).---For full transcript or 1 on 1 tutoring: yoyomo85@gmail.com