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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fēi, féi, fěi, fèi
first tune
fēi
not; wrong 非 fēi
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right and wrong 是非 shì fēi
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yes; right 是 shì |
not; wrong 非 fēi |
to fly 飛 fēi
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airplane 飛機 fēi jī
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fly 飛 fēi |
machine 機 jī |
Chinese characters also pronunced fēi
second tune
féi
fat fertile 肥 féi
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obesity 肥胖 féi pàng
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fat 肥 féi |
obese; fat 胖 pàng |
fertilizer 肥料 féi liào
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fertile 肥 féi |
material 料 liào |
Chinese characters also pronunced féi
third tune
fěi
bandit; outlaw 匪 fěi
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brigand; bandit 土匪 tǔ fěi
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local; native 土 tǔ |
bandit; outlaw 匪 fěi |
Chinese characters also pronunced fěi
fourth tune
fèi
expense wasteful 費 fèi
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tips; gratuity 小費 xiǎo fèi
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little; small 小 xiǎo |
expense 費 fèi |
waste; squander 浪費 làng fèi
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unrestrained 浪 làng |
expense; wasteful 費 fèi |
bark (of a dog) 吠 fèi
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lung 肺 fèi
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abolish 廢 fèi
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useless words; talk nonsense 廢話 fèi huà
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abolish 廢 fèi |
talks; words 話 huà |
Chinese characters also pronunced fèi