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

chuī, chuí, chuǐ, chuì

first tune

chuī

blow; puff

chuī

blow air

吹氣

chuī qì

blow; puff

chuī

air; gas

Chinese characters also pronunced chuī


second tune

chuí

dangle

chuí

hang down

垂下

chuí xià

dangle

chuí

down

xià

drooping; sagging

下垂

xià chuí

down

xià

dangle

chuí

beat with a fist

chuí

hammer

chuí

Chinese characters also pronunced chuí

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