The following blog post is by Kiril Bolotnikov, student at New York University Shanghai. Chinese is, as many know, a tonal language. There are four tones: one flat, one rising, one that falls and then ...

Chinese is a tonal language. This means the pitch or tone in which a sound is said affects the meaning. Search term: BBC © 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the ...

Studying Chinese stimulates different parts of the brain because Chinese is very different than English in sound, tone, and script. A BBC News article, “Chinese ‘Takes More Brain Power’” reported on a ...

This is a mini-guide to Chinese tones. You can either click "Start" and you will be guided from one section to another or you can click on the right-hand side to go to the section of your choice.