curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/zh-a1-warm-up-meeting-new-teammates/690326cb038d85c5ce71548b.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
Which option is the correct Pinyin for what Liu Ming says?
bú shì
The tone of the first syllable sounds like it's rising, but it actually should be falling.
bù shì
bū shì
The first syllable's tone doesn't match what Liu Ming says.
bù sì
The initial of the second syllable should be pronounced with tongue tip curled back.
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Liu Ming is pronouncing the two-syllable phrase bù shì. Note that this demonstrates the tone sandhi rule for 不 (bù), which changes to a second tone when followed by a fourth-tone syllable like shì.
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