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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
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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

men

we; us

我們

wǒ men

I, me

group of people

men

you (plural)

你們

nǐ men

you

group of people

men

they; them

他們

tā men

he; him

group of people

men


first tune

mēn

stuffy; suffocating; oppressive
muffled; sealed; tightly closed

mēn

sultry; muggy
hot and windless

悶熱

mēn rè

stuffy

mēn

hot


second tune

mén

door; gate

mén

open the door

開門

kāi mén

open

kāi

door

mén

close the door
close down (business)

關門

guān mén

close

guān

door

mén

Chinese characters also pronunced mén men~2


fourth tune

mèn

bored; depressed; melancholy

mèn

depressed; depressing
dreary; tedious; languorous

沉悶

chén mèn

sink; heavy

chén

bored; depressed

mèn

Chinese characters also pronunced mèn

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