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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mēn, mén, měn, mèn
light tune
men
group of people 們 men
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we; us 我們 wǒ men
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I, me 我 wǒ |
group of people 們 men |
you (plural) 你們 nǐ men
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you 你 nǐ |
group of people 們 men |
they; them 他們 tā men
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he; him 他 tā |
group of people 們 men |
first tune
mēn
stuffy; suffocating; oppressive muffled; sealed; tightly closed 悶 mēn
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sultry; muggy hot and windless 悶熱 mēn rè
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stuffy 悶 mēn |
hot 熱 rè |
second tune
mén
door; gate 門 mén
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open the door 開門 kāi mén
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open 開 kāi |
door 門 mén |
close the door close down (business) 關門 guān mén
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close 關 guān |
door 門 mén |
Chinese characters also pronunced mén men~2
fourth tune
mèn
bored; depressed; melancholy 悶 mèn
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depressed; depressing dreary; tedious; languorous 沉悶 chén mèn
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sink; heavy 沉 chén |
bored; depressed 悶 mèn |
Chinese characters also pronunced mèn