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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fēng, féng, fěng, fèng
first tune
fēng
wind 風 fēng
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breeze; gentle wind 微風 wéi fēng
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slight 微 qiān |
wéi 風 fēng |
maple 楓 fēng
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insane; crazy 瘋 fēng
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crazy; extremely enthusiastic 瘋狂 fēng kuáng
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insane; crazy 瘋 fēng |
crazy 狂 kuáng |
bee 蜂 fēng
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honeybee 蜜蜂 mì fēng
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honey 蜜 mì |
bee 蜂 fēng |
peak; summit 峰 fēng
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cutting edge of sword 鋒 fēng
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abundant; bountiful 豐 fēng
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bumper crop; plentiful harvest 豐收 fēng shōu
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abundant; bountiful 豐 fēng |
receive; collect 收 shōu |
Chinese characters also pronunced fēng
second tune
féng
meet; come across 逢 féng
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meet by chance 相逢 xiāng féng
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each other 相 xiāng |
meet; come across 逢 féng |
Chinese characters also pronunced féng
third tune
fěng
mock; sarcastic remarks 諷 fěng
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irony; satirize 諷刺 fěng cì
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mock 諷 fěng |
pierce 刺 cì |
fourth tune
fèng
phoenix; male phoenix 鳳 fèng
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phoenix 鳳凰 fèng huáng
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male phoenix 鳳 fèng |
female phoenix 凰 huáng |
Chinese characters also pronunced fèng