Grammar 文法 Man4 faat3̌̌
* Tones 音調
Mid level (Tone 3 )
English
Low rising (Tone 5 )
English
印度 jan3 dou3
India
引渡 jan5 dou3
Extradite
(靚呔) leng3 taai1
Nice tie
領帶 leng5 taai1
Tie
(好晏) hou2 ngaan3
Very late
(好眼) hou2 ngaan5
Good eyesight
新舖 san1 pou3
New store
(新抱) san1 pou5
Daughter-in-law

Tone distinction exercise: Listen to the following sentence and underline the phonetic symbols you hear. Each sentence will be read twice.

1. Wong4 taai2 soeng2 mai5 jat1 tiu4 (leng3 taai1；leng5 taai1) bei2 keoi5 sin1 saang1.　
2. Nei5 kam4 jat6 (hou2 ngaan3；hou2 ngaan5 ) aa4.
3. Ngo5 dei6 hok6 haau6 jau5 hou2 do1 (jan3 dou3；jan5 dou3) jan4.
4. Keoi5 ge3 (san1 pou3；san1 pou5 ) hai6 lou5 si1.