Tone Drills
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(Vocab in each column shares the same tones pattern)
Key: HL = high level
(tone 1), HR = high rising (tone
2), ML = middle level (tone3),
LF = low falling (tone 4),
LR = low rising (tone 5),
LL= low level (tone 6)
Table 1 - From tone 1 HL (high level) to other tones:
|
y |
f |
s |
g |
s |
s |
|
one dollar |
tomato |
3 years old |
family member |
repair |
income |
|
一蚊 |
蕃茄 |
三歲 |
家人 |
修理 |
收入 |
|
f |
f |
D |
m |
g |
g |
|
aeroplane |
garden |
Germany |
mum |
tonight |
today |
|
飛機 |
花園 |
德國 |
媽咪 |
今晚 |
今日 |
|
s |
b |
s |
d |
y |
s |
|
Mr. |
beer |
roast duck |
daddy |
one
second |
live |
|
先生 |
啤酒 |
燒鴨 |
爹哋 |
一秒 |
生活 |
|
h |
f |
t |
s |
y |
ch |
|
happy |
film |
weather |
personal |
one meter |
courier |
|
開心 |
菲林 |
天氣 |
私人 |
一米 |
速遞 |
|
d |
f |
j |
ch |
t |
f |
|
winter |
scenery |
like/love |
superman |
tomorrow night |
complicated |
|
冬天 |
風景 |
鍾意 |
超人 |
聽晚 |
複雜 |
t-m
hn
i-g
n
h
ahn
n-s
uh
i-s
k-daih
Table 2 - From tone 2 HR (high rising) to other tones:
|
g |
g |
d |
s |
ch |
ch |
|
how many |
how much |
how to get
to |
pool |
please sit down |
fried rice |
|
幾多 |
幾錢 |
點去 |
水池 |
請坐 |
炒飯 |
|
j |
j |
g |
g |
h |
ch |
|
tissue |
kite |
policeman |
unbelievingly |
can |
fried
noodles |
|
紙巾 |
紙鳶 |
警察 |
竟然 |
可以 |
炒麵 |
|
j |
s |
g |
h |
h |
h |
|
paper box |
a little bit |
that one |
very fat |
very near |
coke |
|
紙箱 |
少少 |
嗰個 |
好肥 |
好近 |
可樂 |
|
d |
f |
h |
h |
h |
h |
|
dim sum |
ham |
reliable |
nice person |
very far |
tasty |
|
點心 |
火腿 |
可靠 |
好人 |
好遠 |
好食 |
|
h |
h |
h |
gw |
s |
h |
|
very smart |
sea water |
very expensive |
plaza |
want to buy |
delicious |
|
好叻 |
海水 |
好貴 |
廣場 |
想買 |
好味 |
h
ih
Table 3 - From tone 3 ML (middle level) to other tones:
|
ga-l |
daai-j |
Taai-Gwok |
taai-n |
pa-n |
sau-yuhk |
|
curry |
scallop |
Thailand |
too difficult |
afraid you |
lean pork |
|
咖喱 |
帶子 |
泰國 |
太難 |
怕你 |
瘦肉 |
|
la-b |
taai-t |
Faat-Gwok |
jeui-f |
taai-h |
jeui-hauh |
|
loudspeaker |
wife |
France |
fattest |
too thick |
last |
|
喇叭 |
太太 |
法國 |
最肥 |
太厚 |
最後 |
|
daai-sy |
gaan-ch |
sai-gaai |
jeuk-h |
baak-m |
jeuk-maht |
|
bring books |
ruler |
world |
wear shoes |
friend’s mum |
wear socks |
|
帶書 |
間呎 |
世界 |
着鞋 |
伯母 |
着襪 |
|
heui-g |
dang-j |
gam-gwai |
syun-t |
tiu-m |
jyun-sehk |
|
go out |
stool |
so expensive |
garlic |
to dance |
diamond |
|
去街 |
櫈仔 |
咁貴 |
蒜頭 |
跳舞 |
鑽石 |
|
Syut-b |
cheung-p |
sung-fo |
syut-y |
seun-k |
syut-gwaih |
|
Sprite |
music records |
deliver goods |
snow man |
believe him |
refrigerator |
|
雪碧 |
唱片 |
送貨 |
雪人 |
信佢 |
雪櫃 |
Table 4 - From tone 4 LF (low falling) to other tones:
|
y |
y |
y |
y |
ng |
n |
|
postman |
coconut |
tourist |
everyone |
ox tail |
terrible taste |
|
郵差 |
椰子 |
遊客 |
人人 |
牛尾 |
難食 |
|
k |
y |
k |
s |
k |
ng |
|
other |
moreover |
strange |
always |
last night |
beef |
|
其他 |
而且 |
奇怪 |
時時 |
噙晚 |
牛肉 |
|
y |
p |
p |
p |
y |
k |
|
now |
apple |
temper |
ordinarily |
human brain |
yesterday |
|
而家 |
蘋果 |
脾氣 |
平時 |
人腦 |
噙日 |
|
l |
y |
s |
y |
p |
l |
|
lemon |
if |
time |
still |
friend |
Chinese radish |
|
檸檬 |
如果 |
時間 |
仍然 |
朋友 |
蘿蔔 |
|
y |
sy |
ch |
y |
y |
y |
|
pencil |
potato |
situation |
fish boat |
fish fillet |
lamb |
|
鉛筆 |
薯仔 |
情況 |
魚船 |
魚柳 |
羊肉 |
h-gw
h-baahk
Table 5 - From tone 5 LR (low rising) to other tones:
|
m |
m |
m |
y |
m |
m |
|
buy car |
buy eggs |
buy chair |
sometimes |
buy stuff |
at once |
|
買車 |
買蛋 |
買櫈 |
有時 |
買嘢 |
馬上 |
|
m |
m |
l |
m |
y |
m |
|
buy flowers |
buy paper |
air conditioning |
buy ship |
do you have |
buy and sell |
|
買花 |
買紙 |
冷氣 |
買船 |
有冇 |
買賣 |
|
l |
m |
l |
n |
w |
l |
|
two dollars |
rice noodles |
week |
milk tea |
forever |
lazy |
|
兩蚊 |
米粉 |
禮拜 |
奶茶 |
永遠 |
懶惰 |
|
y |
y |
M |
y |
l |
m |
|
already |
parliament |
America |
wrongly thought |
pal, buddy |
beautiful |
|
已經 |
議會 |
美國 |
以為 |
老友 |
美麗 |
|
m |
l |
y |
m |
l |
y |
|
no pens |
two o’clock |
pigeon |
nobody |
two seconds |
from now on |
|
冇筆 |
兩點 |
乳鴿 |
冇人 |
兩秒 |
以後 |
Table 6 - From tone 6 LL (low level) to other tones:
|
laaht-j |
sahp-g |
daaih-gwo |
daaih-y |
maaih y |
daaih-hohk |
|
chilli |
19 |
bigger than |
adult |
sell
things |
university |
|
辣椒 |
十九 |
大過 |
大人 |
賣嘢 |
大學 |
|
dauh-j |
dehng-t |
baahk-choi |
mahn-t |
meih-y |
dauh-fuh |
|
soya milk |
book a table |
Pak Choi |
problem |
not yet have |
bean curd |
|
豆漿 |
訂枱 |
白菜 |
問題 |
未有 |
豆腐 |
|
sahp-y |
dihn-w
|
dauh-gok |
deih-t |
jih-m |
sahp-yih |
|
11 |
telephone |
string bean |
map |
English letter |
12 |
|
十一 |
電話 |
豆角 |
地圖 |
字母 |
十二 |
|
meih-j |
lihk-s |
sahp-sei |
sehk-y |
dihn-n |
dihn-sih |
|
MSG |
history |
14 |
petroleum |
computer |
TV |
|
味精 |
歷史 |
十四 |
石油 |
電腦 |
電視 |
|
dihn-ch |
leuht-j |
seuhng-chi |
sih-y |
juhk-y |
yeuhng-yeuhng |
|
tram |
chestnut |
last time |
soya sauce |
slang |
every kind |
|
電車 |
栗子 |
上次 |
豉油 |
俗語 |
樣樣 |