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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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dōng, dóng, dǒng, dòng

first tune

dōng

winter

dōng

winter

冬天

dōng tiān

winter

dōng

day

tiān

east

dōng

oriental; eastern

東方

dōng fāng

east

dōng

direction

fāng

east, west, south, north

東,西,南,北

dōng xī nán běi

east

dōng

west

西

south

nán

north

běi

Chinese characters also pronunced dōng


third tune

dǒng

trustee; member of a company board

dǒng

chairman of the company board

董事長

dǒng shì zhǎng

trustee

董事

dǒng shì

chief

zhǎng

understand

dǒng

I don't understand

我不懂

wǒ bù dǒng

I

not

understand

dǒng


fourth tune

dòng

cave; hole

dòng

small hole; pinhole

小洞

xiǎo dòng

small

xiǎo

hole

dòng

cavern

山洞

shān dòng

mountain

shān

cave

dòng

move; touch

dòng

do not move

別動

bié dòng

do not

bié

move; touch

dòng

affecting; moving; touching

感動

gǎn dòng

sense; feel

gǎn

move; touch

dòng

freeze; frozen

dòng

refrigerate

冷凍

lěng dòng

cold

lěng

freeze; frozen

dòng

Chinese characters also pronunced dòng

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