4. Tone Combination (2)

Tone Change rules related to characters

一 (yī, one)

一定 ( dìng, certainly)

一天 ( tiān, one day)

不 (bù, no)

不是 ( shì, not)

不要 ( yào, don't)

When followed by a 4th tone, 不 (bù) changes to 2nd tone (bú).

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