How to pronounce xue xi (学习) in Chinese

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学习

xué xí

Characters & meanings

xuéT2

to study; to learn

T2

to practice; habit

Common mistake

Double second (2-2) — the hardest pair: after the first rise, reset your pitch back down before xí so it has room to climb again; otherwise the word drifts into falsetto.

Example sentence

我在学习中文。

Wǒ zài xuéxí Zhōngwén.

I am studying Chinese.

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