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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
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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

chuō, chuó, chuǒ, chuò

first tune

chuō

poke; jab

chuō

puncture; expose

戳破

chuō pò

poke; jab

chuō

break

nail a lie

戳破謊言

chuō pò huǎng yán

puncture; expose

戳破

chuō pò

lie

謊言

huǎng yán

postmark

郵戳

yóu chuō

postal

yóu

poke; jab

chuō


fourth tune

chuò

adequate; well off

chuò

nickname

綽號

chuò hào

adequate

chuò

the name

hào

ostentatious
liberal with money

闊綽

kuò chuò

rich; wealthy

kuò

well off

chuò

more than enough
(Chinese idiom)

綽綽有餘

chuò chuò yǒu yú

adequate

chuò

adequate

chuò

have

yǒu

surplus

quit; cease

chuò

drop out; quit school

輟學

chuò xué

quit; cease

chuò

learn; school

xué

Chinese characters also pronunced chuò

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