<p>Some websites or apps you may need:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/89Py6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/89Py6.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
<a href="https://www.chineasy.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chineasy.com/</a> All you need. Looks like the best one.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KHkaE.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KHkaE.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
<a href="https://www.chinesecharacterart.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chinesecharacterart.com/</a> No audio is a shortcoming</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/SQ3s4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/SQ3s4.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hanzi-oracle/id736544977?mt=8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hanzi-oracle/id736544977?mt=8</a>
IOS app, not test.
Hope it's helpful</p>

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2019-02-09T19:02:20.533Z
2019-02-10T19:14:05.697Z
2019-02-10T19:14:05.697Z
Ian
<p>I recently built the following app that lets you listen to a Chinese word and asks tests your tone hearing ability:</p>

<p><a href="https://tones.strokes.ovh/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://tones.strokes.ovh/</a></p>

<p>I'd like to extend it, but in order to get there I need a collection of Chinese sound samples, annotated with pinyin and tones - and ideally, also Chinese characters related to the sample.</p>

<p>Where could I find such a collection?</p>

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2019-02-09T13:28:32.773Z
What about a dictionary?
zyy
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2019-03-12T23:10:05.430Z
Your app ( in my mind ) has a few problems. One of them is that it's not clear whether you want the tone as it was spoken or the tone as it belongs to the character. A word like 语法 (yu3fa3) is a prime example: Your clip says (yu2fa3) because when multiple 3rd tones will turn earlier ones into 2nd tones. But without knowing the tones for 语(3) and 法(3), there would be no way to know whether it was 23 or 33.

Related to that is, of course, the neutral tones. Some of your clips use the neutral tones but you (I guess) wanted the "true tones"...
Stephen C
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2019-03-12T23:18:12.610Z
For example: https://tones.strokes.ovh/sample/tou2_fa4.ogg and https://tones.strokes.ovh/sample/ying3_xiang3.ogg
Stephen C
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2019-03-12T23:24:52.017Z
And I just realized this was a month ago.... but there's my feedback if you still want it :P
Stephen C
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Where can I find a collection of samples of Mandarin spoken words, annotated with pinyin and tones?
# Where can I find a collection of samples of Mandarin spoken words, annotated with pinyin and tones?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-09)

I recently built the following app that lets you listen to a Chinese word and asks tests your tone hearing ability:

<https://tones.strokes.ovh/>

I'd like to extend it, but in order to get there I need a collection of Chinese sound samples, annotated with pinyin and tones - and ideally, also Chinese characters related to the sample.

Where could I find such a collection?

**Tags:** tones, learning, spoken, listening, database

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: What about a dictionary?  
> **username_2**: Your app ( in my mind ) has a few problems. One of them is that it's not clear whether you want the tone as it was spoken or the tone as it belongs to the character. A word like 语法 (yu3fa3) is a prime example: Your clip says (yu2fa3) because when multiple 3rd tones will turn earlier ones into 2nd tones. But without knowing the tones for 语(3) and 法(3), there would be no way to know whether it was 23 or 33.  Related to that is, of course, the neutral tones. Some of your clips use the neutral tones but you (I guess) wanted the "true tones"...  
> **username_2**: For example: https://tones.strokes.ovh/sample/tou2_fa4.ogg and https://tones.strokes.ovh/sample/ying3_xiang3.ogg  
> **username_2**: And I just realized this was a month ago.... but there's my feedback if you still want it :P  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-02-09. Score: 2

Some websites or apps you may need:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/89Py6.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/89Py6.png)
<https://www.chineasy.com/> All you need. Looks like the best one.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KHkaE.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KHkaE.png)
<https://www.chinesecharacterart.com/> No audio is a shortcoming

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/SQ3s4.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/SQ3s4.png)
<https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hanzi-oracle/id736544977?mt=8>
IOS app, not test.
Hope it's helpful


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