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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ōu, óu, ǒu, òu
first tune
ōu
Europe 歐 ōu
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Euro (currency) 歐元 ōu yuán
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Europe 歐 ōu |
dollar 元 yuán |
gull; sea birds 鷗 ōu
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gull; seagull 海鷗 hǎi ōu
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sea 海 hǎi |
gull 鷗 ōu |
Chinese characters also pronunced ōu
third tune
ǒu
mate; idol; puppet even number coincidentally; occasionally 偶 ǒu
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spouse 配偶 pèi ǒu
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match; to pair 配 pèi |
mate 偶 ǒu |
even numbers 偶數 ǒu shù
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even number 偶 ǒu |
numbers 數 shù |
idol greatly admired person 偶像 ǒu xiàng
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idol 偶 ǒu |
figure; image 像 xiàng |
fortuitous; occasionally unexpectedly; happening by chance 偶然 ǒu rán
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occasionally 偶 ǒu |
like that 然 rán |
Chinese characters also pronunced ǒu