Mandarin Chinese Tone Pair Drills

Pinyin Charts

Use the following charts with the method previously described. This page is also available in Chinese characters. The downloadable version includes English translations.

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One-Character Adjectives

Tone Adjectives
1
xin, hei, gan, qing, suan
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2
mang, chang, qiang, hong, you
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3
hao, xiao, zao, wan, mei, leng, duan
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4
da, gui, kuai, man, huai, re, e
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Two-Character Adjectives

Tone Adjectives
1, 1
shang xin, zao gao
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1, 2
tu ran
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1, 3
wei xian, xin ku
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1, 4
gao xing, fang bian, an jing
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1, 0
cong ming, shu fu, qing chu
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2, 1
nian qing, nan ting, nan shuo
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2, 2
liu xing, wu liao
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2, 3
nan dong, ming xian
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2, 4
bu cuo, rong yi, he shi
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2, 0
pian yi, ma fan
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3, 1
hao chi, hao ting, jin zhang
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3, 2
you ming, hao wan, jiao hua
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3, 3
hao dong, bao shou
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3, 4
hao kan, ke ai, man yi
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3, 0
nuan he (nuan huo)
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4, 1
yong gong, zi si
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4, 2
te bie, hao qi, re qing
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4, 3
xing gan
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4, 4
zhong yao, kuai le
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piao liang, li hai, ke qi
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One-Character Modifiers

Tone Modifiers
1
zhen
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2
man, (bu),* (hen),* (ting),*
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3
hen, ting
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4
bu, tai
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* 不 (bu) becomes second tone when it precedes a fourth tone. 很 (hen) and 挺 (ting) both become second tone when they precede a third tone. See Mandarin Tone Changes for complete information.

Two-Character Modifiers

Tone Modifier Tone Modifier
1, 2
fei chang
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3, 4
bi jiao
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2, 4
bu tai
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4, 2
te bie
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Pronouns

Tone Singular Pronouns Tone Plural Pronouns
1
ta
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ta men
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3
wo, ni
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3, 0
wo men, ni men
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