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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
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The following video demonstrates each syllable of the pinyin structure
and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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qiāng, qiáng, qiǎng, qiàng

first tune

qiāng

gun; spear

qiāng

Chinese characters also pronunced qiāng


second tune

qiáng

strong; powerful

qiáng

strong; brawny; physically strong

強壯

qiáng zhuàng

strong

qiáng

brawny

zhuàng

wall

qiáng

wall; enclosing wall

圍牆

wéi qiáng

surround

wéi

wall

qiáng

Chinese characters also pronunced qiáng


third tune

qiǎng

rub; rush

qiǎng

robbery

搶劫

qiǎng jié

rub

qiǎng

rob

jié

rescue; emergency rescue

搶救

qiǎng jiù

rush

qiǎng

save; rescue

jiù

Chinese characters also pronunced qiǎng


fourth tune

qiàng

choke

qiàng

unbearable; terribly enough

夠嗆

gòu qiàng

enough

gòu

choke

qiàng

Chinese characters also pronunced qiàng

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