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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mīn, mín, mǐn, mìn
second tune
mín
people; civilian 民 mín
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democracy 民主 mín zhǔ
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people 民 mín |
master; major 主 zhǔ |
third tune
mǐn
sensitive agile; nimble 敏 mǐn
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sensitive 敏感 mǐn gǎn
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sensitive agile; nimble 敏 mǐn |
sense 感 gǎn |
agile; adroit; nimble 敏捷 mǐn jié
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agile; nimble 敏 mǐn |
quick; prompt 捷 jié |
Chinese characters also pronunced mǐn