Use this tool to add tone marks to pinyin or to convert tone number (e.g. hao3) to tone marks.
Although you can use the red buttons to add tone marks, we highly recommend you use the number method (e.g. hao3) for speed and placement of the accent above the correct vowel. [Hint: Type "v" for "ü"]
Note: You do not need to use this tool to enter pinyin in this dictionary.
| Phonetics: | ||
| Tone colors (āáǎàa): |
| Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|
| gwong1 leung6 | gwong1 loeng6 | bright |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gwong1 | gwong1 | light / ray / bright / only / merely / to use up | ||
| leung6 | loeng6 | bright / clear / resonant / to shine / to show / to reveal |
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The music stopped and the lights were turned up.
The only illumination in the room came from the fire.
The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.
The silver will need to be polished up for the dinner party.
He sleeked down his hair with water before going out.
It took a considerable amount of polish and elbow grease before the brass shone like new.
The lamps on the side-tables threw warm pools of light on the polished wood.
Aster looked in, green eyes brilliant as emeralds.
