LEARNING MANDARIN CHINESE

*~*The Four Mandarin Tones*~*

Mandarin Chinese is a tonal language.

The way a word or syllable is pronounced changes its meaning.

Mastery of the four Mandarin tones is ...
the essential first step to learning this language.

Mandarin uses four tones to clarify the meanings of words.

Since many characters have the same sound,

tones are used to differentiate words from each other.

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http://mandarin.about.com/od/pronunciation/a/tones.htm

http://mandarin.about.com/od/educationlearning/a/fourtones.htm

http://www.learnmandarinonline.org/learnmandarin.html

http://www.clearchinese.com/mp3-lessons/index.htm

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