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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| laang5 huk6 | laang5 huk6 | grim / unfeeling / callous |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| laang5 | laang5 | cold | ||
| huk6 | huk6 | ruthless / strong (e.g. of wine) / (loanword) cool / hip |
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There was something cold and sinister about him.
He was as devious as his adversary was ruthless.
That Harriet is a cold-hearted bitch.
Loft was rigid and cold and military.
He got his first insight into how inhumane employers can be.
She looked into his eyes and found them stony.
He described Mr Long as cold, calculating and manipulative.
To this grim tale I now turn.
