Minimal pair · Standard Mandarin (Putonghua), isolated citation tones
Mandarin /˧˥/ vs /˥˩/Rising and falling tone
Completes one of the six pairwise tone categories studied by Dong et al.; words here are editorial candidates, not extracted Appendix A stimuli.
Practice these sounds/˧˥/
The ˧˥ category
Listen for the target sound in each word.
As in麻
/˥˩/
The ˥˩ category
Listen for the target sound in each word.
As in骂
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
A small change.
A different word.
Completes one of the six pairwise tone categories studied by Dong et al.; words here are editorial candidates, not extracted Appendix A stimuli.
Listen for the target sound in each word.
Sound examples
Tap to hear each word麻
/ma˧˥/numb拔
/pa˧˥/pull out达
/ta˧˥/reach; attain十
/ʂɻ̩˧˥/ten糖
/tʰɑŋ˧˥/sugar急
/tɕi˧˥/urgent; anxious骑
/tɕʰi˧˥/ride席
/ɕi˧˥/mat盐
/jɛn˧˥/salt竹
/ʈʂu˧˥/bamboo房
/fɑŋ˧˥/room; house坟
/fən˧˥/grave; tomb鱼
/y˧˥/fish骂
/ma˥˩/scold爸
/pa˥˩/dad; father大
/ta˥˩/big是
/ʂɻ̩˥˩/be; is烫
/tʰɑŋ˥˩/scald; scalding hot记
/tɕi˥˩/remember气
/tɕʰi˥˩/air; gas细
/ɕi˥˩/thin; fine燕
/jɛn˥˩/swallow, the bird住
/ʈʂu˥˩/live; reside放
/fɑŋ˥˩/put; place份
/fən˥˩/portion; share玉
/y˥˩/jade26 words. Words stay hidden during practice unless you choose to reveal them.