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

chūn, chún, chǔn, chùn

first tune

chūn

spring season

chūn

springtime

春天

chūn tiān

spring

chūn

day

tiān

Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

春節

chūn jié

spring

chūn

festival; holiday

jié

Chinese characters also pronunced chūn


second tune

chún

pure; genuine

chún

pure of heart

純真

chún zhēn

pure

chún

true; real

zhēn

chaste; angelical

純潔

chún jié

pure

chún

clean

jié

Chinese characters also pronunced chún


third tune

chǔn

stupid

chǔn

foolish; stupid

愚蠢

yú chǔn

fool; foolish

stupid

chǔn

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