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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toi4 gou1 | toi4 gou1 | to raise (price etc) |
| Simplified Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| toi4 | toi4 | to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry | ||
| gou1 | gou1 | high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) / surname gao |
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The prices of meals are often artificially inflated.
Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
Any shortage could push up grain prices.
Press agents are notorious name-droppers.
She did everything she could to get in with the people she thought would make her look important.
Winding up the debate, she said: "It would immediately put up interest rates."
I am tired of listening to his continual namedropping.
Benson signaled the auctioneer quietly and kicked the bid up another thousand dollars.
I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I'm name-dropping.
The book is unpretentious; it can present names without dropping them, and the tone is contagiously warm.
