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

chē, ché, chě, chè

first tune

chē

car; vehicle

chē

motor vehicle; automobile

汽車

qì chē

gas

car; vehicle

chē


third tune

chě

pull; chat; gossip

chě

bullshit; nonsense

鬼扯

guǐ chě

ghost

guǐ

chat; gossip

chě


fourth tune

chè

thorough

chè

thoroughgoing

徹底

chè dǐ

thorough

chè

bottom

withdraw; evacuate

chè

withdraw; retreat from

撤退

chè tuì

withdraw; evacuate

chè

move backward

退

tuì

clear, limpid water

chè

limpid; crystal-clear

清澈

qīng chè

clear

qīng

clear, limpid

chè

Chinese characters also pronunced chè

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