Tuesday 22 March 2022

Tones 4 and 8

Tones 4 and 8 and short tones and some of these have glottal stop. I have again selected words which we all should know and we need to learn tones 4 and 8 together.  Tone 8 has a higher tone than tone 4.

ab8

a box

ab4

to give change 找錢

bag8 縛|缚

to tie

bag4 𧧸

know

cag8 

thief

cag4 

paint or lacquer

dêg8

bamboo

dêg4

virtue, Germany

guêh8

half 一半

Guêh4

surname Quek

hêg8

tired 

hêg4

black

mag8

eye眼睛

mag4 

to play 玩兒

oh8

to learn

oh4

difficult

sêg8

cooked, ripe

sêg4

colour

ziah8

to eat 

ziah4

a measure word

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