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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gēng, géng, gěng, gèng
first tune
gēng
to plow 耕 gēng
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till the land; cultivate soil 耕田 gēng tián
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to plow 耕 gēng |
farmland 田 tián |
Chinese characters also pronunced gēng
third tune
gěng
upright; worried 耿 gěng
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honest and frank 耿直 gěng zhí
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upright 耿 gěng |
straight; upright 直 zhí |
remembering in one's heart; deeply concerned at heart (Chinese idiom) 耿耿於懷 gěng gěng yú huái
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worried 耿 gěng |
worried 耿 gěng |
at; in 於 yú |
mind; heart 懷 huái |
Chinese characters also pronunced gěng
fourth tune
gèng
further; even more 更 gèng
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better; even better 更好 gèng hǎo
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further; even more 更 gèng |
good 好 hǎo |