Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌

Tones 音調

Contrastive pairs: high level – low level

No.
High level (Tone 1)
English
Low level (Tone 6)
English
1
Monday
Sunday
2
(發癲) faat3 din1
Go crazy
Generate electricity
3
(濕碎) sap1 seoi3
Miscellaneous
Ten years old
4
(滋油) zi1 jau4
Slow
Freedom

Tone distinction exercise:
Underline the phonetic symbols you hear. Each sentence will be read twice.
1. Ngo5 go3 zai2 (sing1 kei4 jat1;sing1 kei4 jat6) jiu3 faan1 hok6.
2. Nei1 gin6 si6 hou2 (sap1 seoi3;sap6 seoi3), m4 sai2 gam3 gan2 zoeng1.
3. Keoi5 jau5 hou2 do1 je5 zou6, keoi5 zau6 lei4 (faat3 din1;faat3 din6).
4. Keoi5 dei6 zou6 je5 hou2 maan6 hou2 (zi1 jau4;zi6 jau4).