Traditional and classic Chinese calligraphic symbols, words, idioms and proverbs for your art design. Created by Andres Leo since 2001.

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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
with mp3 audio pronunciations and related video instruction lesson


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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retroflex tunes in Mandarin

rēn, rén, rěn, rèn

second tune

rén

human being
people; person

rén

humanity; mercifulness
kindness; kindhearted

rén

Chinese characters also pronunced rén


third tune

rěn

endure; tolerate

rěn

ninjia

忍者

rěn zhě

endure

rěn

person

zhě

Chinese characters also pronunced rěn


fourth tune

rèn

blade of a knife
cutting edge of a knife

rèn

allow; let be

rèn

recognize
admit; acknowledge

rèn

know; recognize; familiar with

認識

rèn shì

recognize

rèn

know

shì

Chinese characters also pronunced rèn

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