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

shuāng, shuáng, shuǎng, shuàng

first tune

shuāng

two; pair; dual; couple

shuāng

frost

shuāng

Chinese characters also pronunced shuāng


third tune

shuǎng

agreeable; cheerful; pleasant
comfortable; refreshing
frank and open

shuǎng

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