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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chē, ché, chě, chè
first tune
chē
car; vehicle 車 chē
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motor vehicle; automobile 汽車 qì chē
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gas 汽 qì |
car; vehicle 車 chē |
third tune
chě
pull; chat; gossip 扯 chě
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bullshit; nonsense 鬼扯 guǐ chě
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ghost 鬼 guǐ |
chat; gossip 扯 chě |
fourth tune
chè
thorough 徹 chè
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thoroughgoing 徹底 chè dǐ
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thorough 徹 chè |
bottom 底 dǐ |
withdraw; evacuate 撤 chè
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withdraw; retreat from 撤退 chè tuì
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withdraw; evacuate 撤 chè |
move backward 退 tuì |
clear, limpid water 澈 chè
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limpid; crystal-clear 清澈 qīng chè
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clear 清 qīng |
clear, limpid 澈 chè |
Chinese characters also pronunced chè