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How do you pronounce "号码" in Chinese?
hao-MAH: a hard-falling first syllable with a scraped h, then a low sagging second with an ordinary m.
hàomǎ
A plunge followed by a sag, with no conversion — the rule needs the first syllable to dip too. On the right edge, mǎ is a dipping tone and would convert before another one, though in practice the word usually ends a phrase, where the full dipping contour with its lift can be heard.
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你的电话号码是多少？
Nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshao?
What's your phone number?
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你的电话号码是多少？ keeps nǐ at a full dip because de is toneless. Then diàn and huà both fall, hào falls a third time, mǎ dips, shì falls again, duō holds level, shao fades. Four separate descents in one question — each needing its own reset rather than cascading into a slide.
Where English speakers slip
The h disappears before the rounded glide for many learners, leaving "ow". Put friction at the back of the mouth. On the second syllable, the vowel tightens toward the a of English "mat" when the jaw should drop, and the dip is often shortened into a mid-level pitch that drifts toward mā or mà — both real words.