Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “nao”
19 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
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The same letters can represent different words when the tone changes.
1
First tone
nāo
2
Second tone
náo
3
Third tone
nǎo
4
Fourth tone
nào
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