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How to pronounce 请安静。 (qǐng ān jìng)

请安静。 means "Please be quiet.". Use this guide to lock in the tone pattern, articulation target, and the mistake most learners still make.

Pinyin

qǐng ān jìng

Tone Pattern

Tone 3 + Tone 1 + Tone 4

Pronunciation Focus

nasalFinal

How to say it

Move from a back nasal in qǐng to a front nasal in ān, then back again in jìng.

Phonetic Breakdown

q+ing_a+n_j+ing

Most common error

The nasal endings often get leveled into one mushy target.

HSK Level

HSK2

Related pronunciation rules

n vs ng: how to fix Mandarin nasal finals

A guide to front nasal -n and back nasal -ng endings, with words that train the difference clearly.

How to pronounce j, q, and x in Mandarin

An English-first explanation of Mandarin j, q, and x with lip shape, tongue placement, and easy starter examples.

Practice similar examples

今天星期几？ (jīn tiān xīng qī jǐ)

This sentence lets you repeat x, q, and j in one smooth phrase.

我没去。 (wǒ méi qù.)

Keep méi genuinely rising so it does not merge with the low shape of wǒ.

请进！ (qǐng jìn)

Lift the tongue body high for 请进！ (qǐng jìn) so the palatal initials stay light and focused.

Drill the same pattern in words

聪明 (cōng míng)

Keep c forward and aspirated, then preserve the -ng ending in both syllables.

请问 (qǐng wèn)

Keep q light, high, and aspirated before the nasal final in qǐng.

觉得 (jué de)

Lift the tongue body for jué and keep the vowel compact instead of rounding too heavily.

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