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🀄 Day 3 — Tone Pairs — Tone 2 Combinations

Phase: Phase 1 | Milestone: Foundation — Sound & Script


⏱️ Today’s Session (1 Hour)

BlockTimeActivity
Review0:00–0:15Anki / Pleco SRS flashcards
New Content0:15–0:45Today’s lesson + exercises
Listening0:45–0:55Audio immersion / shadowing
Output0:55–1:00Speak or write original Chinese

📖 Review (15 min)

🆕 New Content (30 min)

🎥 Watch First

Yoyo Chinese — Pinyin Lesson 4: Tone Pairs Part 2

Tone 2 Pairs (Tone 2 + X)

PairExamplePinyinMeaning
2 + 1国家guó jiācountry
2 + 2学习xué xíto study
2 + 3儿女ér nǚsons & daughters
2 + 4不要bú yàodon’t want ⚠️
2 + 5来吧lái bacome on!

⚠️ Sandhi Note: 不 (bù) → bú before tone 4: bú shì, bú yào, bú duì

✏️ Exercises

  1. Imitation Cycle: 5 cycles per pair (listen→imitate→record→compare→repeat).
  2. Hand Gesture Drill: Do hand motions for both tones simultaneously.
  3. Mixed Quiz: Play all 10 pairs randomly (Day 2 + Day 3). Identify each. Target: 80%+.

🎧 Listening (10 min)

🎧 Same ChinesePod episode from yesterday. Listen again. Do you hear tones more clearly?

🗣️ Output (5 min)

📱 Record all 5 tone-2 pairs. Save as “Day 3 — Tone 2 Pairs.”


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