Episode Synopsis "Introduction – iii – Tones"

Mandarin Chinese has four distinct tones. In this chapter, we try to distinguish what each of these tones sound like. Tones are very important because the same pronunciation will have different meanings based on the tones. And without tones, it will be very difficult to communicate in Chinese.

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