How to pronounce kan in pinyin, tone by tone

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kan

kan in every tone

看
kānㄎㄢT1

to look after; to take care of

砍
kǎnㄎㄢˇT3

to chop; to cut down

How to say it

End on a crisp front -n with the tongue touching behind the teeth — not the -ng sound.

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刊砍看kān kǎn kàn

kan in tones 1, 3, 4

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