First tone combinations
To practise your ability to discriminate between tones it helps to listen to tone combinations.
Below are examples of two tone combinations containing a first tone.
Click on each set to listen.
| 1-1 |
| 香蕉, 中心, 今天, 星期, 师生 |
| 1-2 |
| 英国, 中文, 今年，花茶, 空调 |
| 1-3 |
| 一点, 一起 |
| 1-4 |
| 一下， 高兴, 工作, 一共, 发票 |
| 1-0 |
| 先生, 妈妈, 哥哥, 休息, 桌子 |
| 2-1 |
| 明天, 红烧, 房间, 离开, 牙膏 |
| 3-1 |
| 北京， 烤鸭, 每天 |
| 4-1 |
| 地方， 放松 |
Listen to each example containing the first tone, then indicate the tones you heard. There are 10 examples altogether.
1 of 10
| 1 - 1 |
| 1 - 2 |
| 1 - 3 |
| 1 - 4 |
| 1 - 0 |
| 2 - 1 |
| 3 - 1 |
| 4 - 1 |
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