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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nū, nú, nǔ, nù
second tune
nú
slave 奴 nú
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master and slave 主,奴 zhǔ nú
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master; host 主 zhǔ |
slave 奴 nú |
Chinese characters also pronunced nú
third tune
nǔ
strive; endeavor work hard; exert oneself 努 nǔ
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efforts; great efforts strive; make great efforts 努力 nǔ lì
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strive; endeavor 努 nǔ |
force 力 lì |
Chinese characters also pronunced nǔ
fourth tune
nù
anger; angry fury; rage 怒 nù
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rage; fury; wrath flames of anger 怒火 nù huǒ
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anger; rage 怒 nù |
fure 火 huǒ |