The Tones of Mandarin Chinese

Follow Ben on Twitter: Mandarin Chinese uses the Pinyin system to spell out Chinese words with English letters. The tone marks are then added above the vowels. Tone 1: ¯ Tone 2: ´ Tone 3: ˇ Tone 4: ` So when words are written with tone markers they look like this: Mā, má, mǎ, mà Bā, bá, bǎ, bà Please subscribe for more fun with Chinese language!