Chinese tones

There are four tones in Chinese.

1. The first tone in standard Chinese is also called a high-level tone with a
pitch value of 55, indicating that the tone starts and ends at the same
pitch level 5. For example, “mother” in Chinese is mā (媽). ā. “Flower” in
Chinese is huā (花). ā.
2. The second tone is a 35 rising tone. It starts at the pitch level 3 and
ends at level 5, and is thus known as a high-rising 35 tone. For example,
in the sentence "What's your name?", “Nǐ jiào shénme míngzi?” (你叫什麼
名字?), shénme (什麼), á; míngzi (名字), á.
3. The third tone with a 214 contour is commonly referred to as a low-rising
tone, starting to dip at level 2, rising from level 1, and ending at level 4.
For example, “horse” in Chinese is mǎ (馬).
4. The fourth tone is a 51 falling tone, starting at level 5 and ending at level
1. For example, in "My name is ...", “Wǒ jiào ...” (我叫...), jiào 叫, à.

References
1. Chaofen Sun (孫朝奮).2006. Chinese: A Linguistic Introduction.
Cambridge University Press.
2. https://www.coursera.org/lecture/learn-chinese/lecture-what-is-your-
name-cwSHd