Today is 1st of January, let us talk about variation in pitch of ‘one’. One is pronounced as first pitch when counting numbers. It is pronounced as second pitch when it connects with a word of fourth pitch. When it connects with a word of first pitch, second pitch or third pitch, it will be pronounced as fourth pitch. It seems complicated but you will unconsciously grasp it when you listen and speak more.
jīn tiān shì yí yuè yí hào ，wǒ men lái tán tán ’yī ’ zhè ge zì de biàn diào 。shǔ shù mù shí yī shì dú dì yī shēng ，dāng yī gēn dì sì shēng de zì
今天是一月一號，我們來談談 ’一’ 這個字的變調。數數目時一是讀第一聲，當一跟第四聲的字
lián zài yì qǐ shí shì dú dì èr shēng ，dāng yī gēn dì yī ˴ èr jí sān shēng lián zài yì qǐ shí shì dú dì sì shēng 。kàn qǐ lái hǎo xiàng hěn fú zá ，
連在一起時是讀第二聲，當一跟第一 ˴ 二及三聲連在一起時是讀第四聲。看起來好像很複雜，
duō tīng duō jiǎng biàn bù jīng bù jué di zhǎng wò dé dào 。
多聽多講便不經不覺地掌握得到。
