💯3rd Tone Combinations | Start Learning Chinese Tones the Right Way (3/4)

Ready for some more tone pair training!? 🏋️‍♂️ We hope so! Because in part three of our tone pair drill series, we’re up to the most notorious of all the tones: the infamous THIRD TONE! 😱 With its ’falling-then-rising’ tone pattern, the third tone can be quite tricky for Chinese learners. When you hear it in isolation it’s a cinch - but the minute you find it alongside other tones, it can be much less obvious which tone you’re actually hearing. For that reason, tone pair drills are the PERFECT way to get your ears 👂 used to how the third tone REALLY sounds. Follow along in this video to hear 250 (!) different words featuring third tone combinations that will help you start to intuit the third tone just like a native speaker. (Bonus points for picking up some new vocab along the way! 🤓) And if you need a refresher on what the third tone is all about, check out this free lesson from Level 1 of our Beginner Conversational Course featuring a clear explanation of how the third tone should sound and how you can