Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌
Part 2. Pronunciation 拼音 Ping1 yam1

Tones

I. Contrastive pairs
No.
High level (Tone1)
English
High rising (Tone2)
English
1
(買鐘) maai5 zung1
Buy a clock
(買糉) maai5 zung2
Buy a rice dumpling
2
(刀仔) dou1 zai2
Small knife
(賭仔) dou2 zai2
Gambler
3
(食飽) sik6 baau1
Eat buns
(食飽) sik6 baau2
Eat one’s full
4
(開心) hoi1 sam1
Happy
(海參) hoi2 sam1
Sea cucumber