If you own a copy of the HSK Standard Course 1 Textbook, you can do the following:

➊ Read Pinyin Note 2 on page 3

➋ Listen to the accompanying MP3 audio file 01-4.

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More on tones:

• Four tones - Chinese Pronunciation Wiki
• Standard Chinese phonology - Wikipedia
• YouTube: Learn Mandarin Chinese Tones the Fun Way - Yoyo Chinese

Another way to practice tones is by practicing them in pairs. That is, practice different combinations of tones together:

• YouTube: Learn Chinese Tone Pairs - Yoyo Chines

Words mentioned in this video

Click to view full entry with pictures on our HSK Dictionary:

你 nǐ (singular) you

好 hǎo good, fine

你们 nǐmen (plural) you

对不起 duìbuqǐ to be sorry

吗 ma question particle

了 le particle to indicate change

妈妈 māma mother

椅子 yǐzi chair

爸爸 bàba dad

奶奶 nǎinai grandmother

马 mǎ horse

麻烦 máfan to bother

骂 mà to curse, to call names; to scold