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 |
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| jyut3, jyut6 | zyut3, zyut6 | awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2] |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | Yale | Jyutping | English Definition for Chinese Text |
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jyut3, jyut6 lyut3 | zyut3, zyut6 lyut3 | clumsy / botched |
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The rooks flew clumsily towards their nests.
The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.
A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.
Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness.
This wortnless currency is the sourest joke of the ghetto, of course.
Newton remarked that " algebra is the analysis of the bunglers in mathematics. "
The Independents tried hard to swallow the wretched subterfuge.
