How to pronounce zi xing che (自行车) in Chinese

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自行车

zì xíng chē

Characters & meanings

T4

self; from

xíngT2

row; line

chēT1

vehicle; car

Common mistake

Falling + rising + high (4-2-1): three different tones in three syllables — drop on zì (buzzy dental vowel), climb on xíng, then level out on chē.

Example sentence

我骑自行车上学。

Wǒ qí zìxíngchē shàngxué.

I ride my bike to school.

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