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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bok3, paak3, tok3 lik6 | bok3, paak3, tok3 lik6 | courage / daring / boldness / resolution / drive |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bok3, paak3, tok3 | bok3, paak3, tok3 | soul / mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body | ||
| lik6 | lik6 | power / force / strength / ability / strenuously / surname li |
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John will be best remembered for his drive and enthusiasm.
It's very enterprising of them to start up a business like that.
Some enterprising girls organized a sponsored walk.
She was a forceful intellectual unafraid to speak her mind.
He's good, but he'll never set the world on fire. He's not dynamic enough.
Even his good qualities of geniality and impetuosity counted against him.
The youth expects to force his way by genius, vigour, and precipitance.
