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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| a1 tau4 | aa1 tau4 | servant girl / maid |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a1 | aa1 | fork / branch / bifurcation / girl | ||
| tau4 | tau4 | head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock |
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Sue is a thoroughly precocious little madam if ever there was one.
It was rather imprudent of the little girl to interrupt our conversation like that.
Don't put out your tongue at me, you cheeky girl!
The prince had appeared and subjugated the poor little handmaid.
Alex seemed to enjoy lording it over the three girls.
" You're just a silly girl. What can the'Yellow fellow'give you?
She was quoted in the Express by an unnamed source as saying: "I won't bail out those two silly girls."
The audience took their seats inside the building beside the widely opened windows.
" They say your grandfather's old friend Feng is looking for a concubine.
