Once you're able to say hello in Chinese or thank you in Chinese, the next phrase you're likely to need is please. With this phrase, there is only one character (i.e. only one sound) needed to say please in Chinese. That's great news, but the difficulty comes with saying both the sound and tone correctly at the same time.
Chinese Tones
Tones, pretty simply, are the pitches of the voice that are used as you are saying a word in Chinese. If you think of those pitches as though you are singing, you'll have a better concept of what tones really are. In Mandarin, there are four tones, but we'll just take a look at the third tone (since that's the one needed in order to say please).
Another name for the third tone is the falling and rising tone, and there's a reason for that! To properly sing this tone, your voice must drop to a low tone and then rise to a higher pitch than when you first began. While the sound of this is very unique, you could think of it a little like the sound that comes out of someone's mouth who is frustrated, standing with their hands on their hips, and emphatically telling someone, "No, that's not how things are." Truly, this tone sounds like a grunt of frustration, but that's what it is.
How to Pronounce Please
If you use the PinYin system, then you can spell the sound as "qing." However, for anyone not familiar with PinYin, you could think of the sound as "ch" + "ing." Then, you'll need to put it together with the tone.
Putting it All Together
With your voice changing directions from dropping to rising, it is sometimes a challenge to figure out when to make the turn around. Of course, this makes no sense to the native speaker, but it can feel incredibly important to those of us learning Chinese as another language. Getting the turn around right can make it much easier to say this character.
In my opinion, using "i" as the turn around point makes it much easier to say this character. That means, of course, that you'll be saying "q" or "ch" on the way down, and using "i" for the turn around. That way, on the way back up, you can simply add the "ng" from "ing" to make the phrase complete.
How to Use the Grammar
Just one small note on saying please in Chinese is necessary. When considering sentence structure or word order, you'll find that in general, the please should come at the beginning of the sentence. In English, we often say it at the end of the sentence with occasional uses at the beginning. For Mandarin, you'll find that the majority of the time, please in Chinese begins the sentence.
Chinese Tones
Tones, pretty simply, are the pitches of the voice that are used as you are saying a word in Chinese. If you think of those pitches as though you are singing, you'll have a better concept of what tones really are. In Mandarin, there are four tones, but we'll just take a look at the third tone (since that's the one needed in order to say please).
Another name for the third tone is the falling and rising tone, and there's a reason for that! To properly sing this tone, your voice must drop to a low tone and then rise to a higher pitch than when you first began. While the sound of this is very unique, you could think of it a little like the sound that comes out of someone's mouth who is frustrated, standing with their hands on their hips, and emphatically telling someone, "No, that's not how things are." Truly, this tone sounds like a grunt of frustration, but that's what it is.
How to Pronounce Please
If you use the PinYin system, then you can spell the sound as "qing." However, for anyone not familiar with PinYin, you could think of the sound as "ch" + "ing." Then, you'll need to put it together with the tone.
Putting it All Together
With your voice changing directions from dropping to rising, it is sometimes a challenge to figure out when to make the turn around. Of course, this makes no sense to the native speaker, but it can feel incredibly important to those of us learning Chinese as another language. Getting the turn around right can make it much easier to say this character.
In my opinion, using "i" as the turn around point makes it much easier to say this character. That means, of course, that you'll be saying "q" or "ch" on the way down, and using "i" for the turn around. That way, on the way back up, you can simply add the "ng" from "ing" to make the phrase complete.
How to Use the Grammar
Just one small note on saying please in Chinese is necessary. When considering sentence structure or word order, you'll find that in general, the please should come at the beginning of the sentence. In English, we often say it at the end of the sentence with occasional uses at the beginning. For Mandarin, you'll find that the majority of the time, please in Chinese begins the sentence.
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