Rick Mundt's China

Chapter 91 Chinese Language Tones The tones in the Chinese language can be difficult for people that aren’t used to them. There are four tones plus there is also a neutral tone, sometimes called the 5th tone. What I did is copy some things from online and put them below to help explain this. It does a much better job than what I can do. When you listen to Chinese people talk, it is quite interesting as you hear them talk and their voices go up and down as they speak and you can hear the tones. Like any child from anywhere in the world, we all learn speaking and writing from when we are young. So whatever a person’s native language is, it is the easiest when you grow up with it. For anyone wanting to actually hear someone speaking the tones, I suggest going on YouTube and type in “Chinese Language Tones” and play some of the videos that teach you how to learn them and some of the examples they give. It would be a lot easier for anyone to understand the tones if they would watch these vi...