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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kūn, kún, kǔn, kùn
first tune
kūn
group; numerous 昆 kūn
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insect 昆蟲 kūn chóng
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group; numerous 昆 kūn |
bug 蟲 chóng |
female; feminine Earth (opposite to Heaven) 坤 kūn
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Heaven and Earth (I-Ching) 乾坤 qián kūn
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male; Heaven 乾 qián |
female; Earth 坤 kūn |
Chinese characters also pronunced kūn
third tune
kǔn
tie with string or cord bind; bundle up 捆 kǔn
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bundle; bunch tie up; bundle up 綑 kǔn
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Chinese characters also pronunced kǔn
fourth tune
kùn
stranded; trapped; besieged 困 kùn
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difficult; difficulty 困難 kùn nán
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stranded; trapped 困 kùn |
difficult 難 nán |
sleepy; feel sleepy doze off 睏 kùn
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I am sleepy 我好睏 wǒ hǎo kùn
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I 我 wǒ |
quite; very 好 hǎo |
sleepy 睏 kùn |