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<!-- (audio) Lin Yating: shǎo -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and answer the question below.

--questions--

--text--

Which option matches the sound you hear?

--answers--

shào

--feedback--

The tone does not match what you hear in the audio.


shou

--feedback--

The final is different from what you hear.


sháo

--feedback--

The tone is different from the one in the audio.


shǎo

--video-solution--

4

--explanation--

The speaker is pronouncing the syllable with the initial sh, the final ao, and the third tone, which falls from mid to low and then rises again.

--scene--

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    "background": "company2-center.png",
    "characters": [
      {
        "character": "Lin Yating",
        "position": {
          "x": 50,
          "y": 15,
          "z": 1.4
        },
        "opacity": 0
      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "ZH_A1_pinyin_compound_finals.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 177.61,
      "finishTimestamp": 179.26
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "character": "Lin Yating",
      "opacity": 1,
      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
      "character": "Lin Yating",
      "startTime": 1,
      "finishTime": 2.65,
      "dialogue": {
        "text": "shǎo",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "character": "Lin Yating",
      "opacity": 0,
      "startTime": 3.15
    }
  ]
}