哈囉，大家好！ 哈啰，大家好！
I’m Grace
Today let’s do a challenge!
As you know, in Chinese, we use different tones
to distinguish the meanings of words,
just as I’ve mentioned in one of my videos,
拿 and 那 have the same consonant and vowel,
the only difference between them is
they have different tones which makes them have different meanings
So to understand and speak Chinese
you need to be able to hear and distinguish the tones
So today let’s do a Chinese tone challenge
to see if you can differentiate between them
Before we dive into today’s challenge
let’s first do a quick review of Chinese tones
If you don’t need to review, feel free to skip this part
and jump to here on the timeline
In Mandarin Chinese, there are four tones and a neutral tone.
The first tone is a high and flat tone,
like 今天 (today) are both in the first tone,
so both of them are high and flat. 今天
The second tone is a rising tone. It starts with a low pitch and then rises
Like 學習 (to study)
The third tone is the opposite of the first tone,
most of the time, it’s a low tone
like 好吃 (delicious)
The fourth tone is a falling tone.
It starts with a high pitch and then goes down
like 下雨 (to rain)
The neutral tone is a light and short tone, like 桌子
Now grab a piece of paper and a pen,
and write down the numbers 1-20,
as there are 20 questions in total.
In order to test your ability to distinguish Chinese tones,
many of the words in the test were chosen to be either more advanced
or are less common
so you don’t have to feel bad if you can’t recognize them
For each question, you’ll first hear a phrase
and you’ll need to focus on the red word in the phrase
I’ll repeat the word in red again after saying the phrase
All you need to do is write down the tones of the red words.
Here is an example
and then you need to write down their tones
OK, are you ready? Let’s get started!
Congratulations! You finished the challenge!
If you feel comfortable,
share your results in the comments below
and let me know which tone you find the hardest to distinguish
Today’s challenge is for you to self-evaluate
how well you can distinguish Chinese tones
and find out those that you might have problems with
and improve on them
Once you’re able to hear the difference between these different tones,
it’s going to help you tremendously with your Chinese pronunciation
and comprehension
Okay then, that’s it for today!
如果你喜歡今天的挑戰， 如果你喜欢今天的挑战，
別忘記按讚和訂閱哦！ 别忘记按赞和订阅哦！
Also, don’t forget to share this with your friends
who are also learning Chinese
so they can test how good they are at distinguishing Chinese tones
Last but not least, if you’d like to learn some daily Mandarin expressions,
check out my instagram @gracemandarin
那我們下次見囉！拜拜！ 那我们下次见啰！拜拜！ I’ll see you next time! Bye!