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 冬 dōng
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winter 冬天 dōng tiān
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winter 冬 dōng |
day 天 tiān |
east 東 dōng
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oriental; eastern 東方 dōng fāng
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east 東 dōng |
direction 方 fāng |
east, west, south, north 東,西,南,北 dōng xī nán běi
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east 東 dōng |
west 西 xī |
south 南 nán |
north 北 běi |
Chinese characters also pronunced dōng
third tune
dǒng
trustee; member of a company board 董 dǒng
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chairman of the company board 董事長 dǒng shì zhǎng
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trustee 董事 dǒng shì |
chief 長 zhǎng |
understand 懂 dǒng
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I don't understand 我不懂 wǒ bù dǒng
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I 我 wǒ |
not 不 bù |
understand 懂 dǒng |
fourth tune
dòng
cave; hole 洞 dòng
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small hole; pinhole 小洞 xiǎo dòng
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small 小 xiǎo |
hole 洞 dòng |
cavern 山洞 shān dòng
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mountain 山 shān |
cave 洞 dòng |
move; touch 動 dòng
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do not move 別動 bié dòng
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do not 別 bié |
move; touch 動 dòng |
affecting; moving; touching 感動 gǎn dòng
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sense; feel 感 gǎn |
move; touch 動 dòng |
freeze; frozen 凍 dòng
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refrigerate 冷凍 lěng dòng
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cold 冷 lěng |
freeze; frozen 凍 dòng |
Chinese characters also pronunced dòng