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BAO-3
保 = to protect
保姆 = bao(3)mu(3) = housemaid
Please note: when two third tones follow
each other, the first of the two is spoken as a second tone. However, in
Pinyin with tone marks, tone mark changes are often not indicated, as this
would make it difficult to identify the meaning of the respective Pinyin word.
One just has to remember that if there are two third tones in a row, the first
is spoken as a second tone.
宝宝 = bao(3)bao(3) = baby
宝贝 = bao(3)bei(4) = jewelry, sweetheart
Please note: a third tone in the first
place of a two-morpheme word or a two-morpheme expression is never spoken as a
third tone. If it preceeds a first, second, or fourth tone, it is spoken as a
so-called 'half third tone', which, technically, is only the falling first half
of a third tone, but for simplicity could be considered a fourth tone.
保管 = bao(3)guan(3) = sto store and manage
保管箱 = bao(3)guan(3) xiang(1) = safe deposit
box (e.g. in a bank)
要保存密码设置更改吗? = Yao(4)
bao(3)cun(2) mi(4)ma(3) she(4)zhi(4) geng(1)gai(3) ma(-)? = Do you want to save
the password change?
Please note that 吗 officially has
no tone. However, in Chinese, too, questions end with a rising tone.
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