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Tone 3 + Tone 3

Falling-Rising → Falling-Rising

Falling-Rising→Falling-Rising

Pronunciation Tip

Tone sandhi rule: When two 3rd tones meet, the first becomes a 2nd tone! So 你好 (nǐhǎo) sounds like 'níhǎo'.

Practice Tone Pairs

47 words with this tone pattern

1

小姐

xiǎojiě

Miss/young woman

2

鼓舞

gǔwǔ

inspire/hearten/encourage

3

可以

kěyǐ

can/may

4

所以

suǒyǐ

so/therefore

5

哪里

nǎlǐ

where/you flatter me

6

手表

shǒubiǎo

watch/wristwatch

7

所有

suǒyǒu

all/every

8

允许

yǔnxǔ

allow/permit

9

只有

zhǐyǒu

only/only if

10

产品

chǎnpǐn

product

11

表演

biǎoyǎn

perform/performance

12

采访

cǎifǎng

interview/cover (news)

13

了解

liǎojiě

understand/know about

14

管理

guǎnlǐ

manage/manage/administration

15

减少

jiǎnshǎo

reduce/decrease

16

只好

zhǐhǎo

have no choice but to

17

理解

lǐjiě

understand/comprehend

18

影响

yǐngxiǎng

influence/affect

19

整理

zhěnglǐ

tidy up/sort out/organize

20

理想

lǐxiǎng

ideal/dream/goal

21

演讲

yǎnjiǎng

give a speech/lecture

22

等等

děngděng

and so on/etc.

23

辅导

fǔdǎo

tutor/coach/guidance

24

选手

xuǎnshǒu

contestant/athlete/player

25

整体

zhěngtǐ

overall/as a whole/entirety

26

水果

shuǐguǒ

fruit

27

美满

měimǎn

happy/perfectly satisfactory

28

总体

zǒngtǐ

overall/general/total

29

引起

yǐnqǐ

cause/give rise to/lead to

30

偶尔

ǒu'ěr

occasionally/sometimes/once in a while

31

本领

běnlǐng

skill/ability/competence

32

打扰

dǎrǎo

disturb/bother/interrupt

33

给予

jǐyǔ

give/accord/grant

34

口语

kǒuyǔ

spoken language/colloquial

35

仅仅

jǐnjǐn

only/merely/just

36

阻止

zǔzhǐ

prevent/stop/obstruct

37

永久

yǒngjiǔ

permanent/forever/perpetual

38

大胆

dǎdǎn

bold/daring/brave

39

以往

yǐwǎng

in the past/previously/formerly

40

引导

yǐndǎo

guide/lead/direct

41

可口

kěkǒu

tasty/delicious/palatable

42

好好

hǎohǎo

properly/carefully/to the fullest

43

采取

cǎiqǔ

adopt/take (measures)

44

守法

shǒufǎ

abide by the law/law-abiding

45

保险

bǎoxiǎn

insurance/safe/reliable

46

手法

shǒufǎ

technique/method/tricks

47

你好

nǐhǎo

hello