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and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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chuān, chuán, chuǎn, chuàn

first tune

chuān

river Sichuan 川 chuān

rivers 河川 hé chuān
river 河 hé	river 川 chuān

Sichuan style of cuisine 川菜 chuān cài
Sichuan 川 chuān	dish; cuisine 菜 cài

wear; dressed in 穿 chuān

wear clothes 穿衣服 chuān yī fú
wear; dressed in 穿 chuān	clothes 衣服 yī fú

second tune

chuán

boat; ship 船 chuán

row a boat; paddle a boat 划船 huá chuán
to row; to paddle 划 huá	boat; ship 船 chuán

pass; spread 傳 chuán

pass the ball 傳球 chuán qiú
pread 傳 chuán	ball 球 qiú

legend; traditional story 傳說 chuán shuō
spread 傳 chuán	talk 說 shuō

Chinese characters also pronunced chuán

third tune

chuǎn

pant; gasp for air 喘 chuǎn

gasp; pant 喘氣 chuǎn qì
pant; gasp for air 喘 chuǎn	air; breath 氣 qì

asthma 氣喘 qì chuǎn
air; breath 氣 qì	pant; gasp for air 喘 chuǎn

Chinese characters also pronunced chuǎn

fourth tune

chuàn

connect; string together 串 chuàn

join together; seek an alliance with 串連 chuàn lián
connect; string together 串 chuàn	join; connect 連 lián

succession of; series of events 一連串 yì lián chuàn
one 一 yì	connect; involve 連 lián	connect; string together 串 chuàn