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Tone 3rd 2nd Examples 你好 Nǐhǎo Níhǎo 很远

Text A 3rd tone followed by another 3rd tone becomes a 2nd tone
[3] [3] ⇒ [2] [3]

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Examples:
你好 (hello): nǐhǎo ⇒ ‘níhǎo’
很远 (very far): hěnyuǎn ⇒ ‘hényuǎn
好久 (a long time): hǎojiǔ ⇒ ‘háojiǔ’


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