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): |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chau1 | cau1 | autumn / fall / harvest time / a swing / surname qiu | ||
| chau1 | cau1 | a swing | ||
| tin1 | tin1 | day / sky / heaven |
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| Simplified | Pinyin | Used for |
|---|---|---|
| 个 | ge4 | general things; it's a catch-all measure word for individual things or units of something both abstract or physical objects |
The chill of autumn is in the air.
The court case got under way last autumn.
We are always plagued by wasps in autumn.
Autumn starts in August, and goes on to October.
It was autumn, and leaves were fluttering down in the light wind.
As autumn approached, the plants and colours in the garden changed.
Two thousand grey seal pups are born there every autumn.
Half the fruit crop froze out in the sudden severe autumn.
