Chinese Pronunciation│一 yī、不 bù

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Chinese Pronunciation│speak「一 yī」as a native speaker.
「一 yī」is one of basic Chinese word. 
However, there are some tips to let you speak like a native speaker.

Change tone of「一 yī」based on the tone of the rear character,
→if the rear word is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tone ,speak as 「yì」.
→if the rear word is 4th tone ,speak as 「yí」.

Speak Chinese numbers with「一 yī」
  一百       yī bǎi     →    yì bǎi
  一千       yī qiān   →    yì qiān
  一萬[万] yī wàn   →    yí wàn
  一億[亿] yī yì       →    yí yì
  一兆       yī zhào  →    yí zhào

Speak "date" in Chinese with「一 yī」
For date , people talk both 2 kinds of pronunciation.

Both of them are correct.

January 1st；

一月一日；

yī yuè yī rì；

yí yuè yí rì

Speak 「不 bù」correctly

Change tone of「不 bù」based on the tone of the rear character,

→if the rear word is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tone ,speak 「bù」

→if the rear word is 4th tone ,speak 「bú」.

  不聽[听] bù tīng 
  不停       bù tíng 
  不想       bù xiǎng 
  不要       bú yào