Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌

Tones 音調

Contrastive pairs: high rising and low rising
No.
High rising (Tone2)
English
Low rising (Tone5 )
English
1
相機 soeng2 gei1
Camera
上機 soeng5 gei1
Board a plane
2
(心口) sam1 hau2
Chest
深厚 sam1 hau5
Deep
3
想去 soeng2 heoi3
Want to go
上去 soeng5 heoi3
Go up

Tone distinction exercise
Underline the phonetic symbols you hear. Each sentence will be read twice.

1. Ngo5 soeng2 mai2 jat1 bou6 (soeng2 gei1；soeng5 gei1).
2. Keoi5 (soeng2 heoi3；soeng5 heoi3) mei5 gwok3.
3. Ngo5 go3 (sam1 hau2；sam1 hau5) hou2 tung3.