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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lōu, lóu, lǒu, lòu
second tune
lóu
multi-story building floor (story) of a high building 樓 lóu
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upstairs 樓上 lóu shàng
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floor of a building 樓 lóu |
upper; above 上 shàng |
downstairs 樓下 lóu xià
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floor of a building 樓 lóu |
down; under 下 xià |
Chinese characters also pronunced lóu
third tune
lǒu
hug; embrace; cuddle 摟 lǒu
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basket; bamboo basket 簍 lǒu
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bamboo basket 竹簍 zhú lǒu
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bamboo 竹 zhú |
basket 簍 lǒu |
fourth tune
lòu
leak; drip divulge; disclose 漏 lòu
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leaking water 漏水 lòu shuǐ
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leak 漏 lòu |
water 水 shuǐ |
disclose (secret) leak out (information) 洩漏 xiè lòu
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leak out 洩 xiè |
leak; disclose 漏 lòu |
undesirable; insignificant vulgar; unrefined; unfavorable 陋 lòu
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simple and crude primitive and rough 簡陋 jiǎn lòu
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simple 簡 jiǎn |
vulgar; unrefined 陋 lòu |
show; appear 露 lòu
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display one's abilities show off one's abilities (Chinese idiom) 露一手 lòu yì shǒu
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show 露 lòu |
one 一 yì |
hand 手 shǒu |
Chinese characters also pronunced lòu