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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kāng, káng, kǎng, kàng
first tune
kāng
healthy safe and well 康 kāng
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good health peace and good health 安康 ān kāng
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safe 安 ān |
healthy 康 kāng |
Chinese characters also pronunced kāng
second tune
káng
carry on the shoulder 扛 káng
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fourth tune
kàng
high; excessive 亢 kàng
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excited; high-spirited 亢奮 kàng fèn
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high; excessive 亢 kàng |
lift one's spirit 奮 fèn |
resist; oppose 抗 kàng
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resist; rebel against 反抗 fǎn kàng
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against; opposite 反 fǎn |
resist 抗 kàng |
Chinese characters also pronunced kàng