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Mandarin has four main tones, and when two third tones appear in a row, the first one shifts to a second tone.

This is the pattern:

• When you say "hello" in Chinese, 你好 shifts from 3-3 to 2-3 automatically.
• Words like 可以 (kěyǐ) also shift: the first tone rises to make pronunciation smoother.
• Native speakers apply this rule without thinking, so it sounds unnatural if you keep both third tones flat.

The reason: two dipping tones in sequence are awkward to pronounce, so the language naturally adjusts.

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Chinese numbers 1-10 each have a single character and a distinct tone, making them straightforward to memorise.

The complete list from one to ten:

• 1-3: 一 yī, 二 èr, 三 sān
• Four is 四 (sì), five is 五 (wǔ), six is 六 (liù)
• 七 (qī) = 7, 八 (bā) = 8, 九 (jiǔ) = 9, 十 (shí) = 10

Tones matter here: mixing up sì (four) and shí (ten) changes meaning entirely.

Practise saying these aloud daily until the tones become automatic.

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