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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rēn, rén, rěn, rèn
second tune
rén
human being people; person 人 rén
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humanity; mercifulness kindness; kindhearted 仁 rén
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Chinese characters also pronunced rén
third tune
rěn
endure; tolerate 忍 rěn
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ninjia 忍者 rěn zhě
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endure 忍 rěn |
person 者 zhě |
Chinese characters also pronunced rěn
fourth tune
rèn
blade of a knife cutting edge of a knife 刃 rèn
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allow; let be 任 rèn
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recognize admit; acknowledge 認 rèn
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know; recognize; familiar with 認識 rèn shì
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recognize 認 rèn |
know 識 shì |
Chinese characters also pronunced rèn