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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pīng, píng, pǐng, pìng
first tune
pīng
elegant; graceful 娉 pīng
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graceful demeanor ethereal and beautiful 娉婷 pīng tíng
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elegant; graceful 娉 pīng |
good-looking; graceful 婷 tíng |
Chinese characters also pronunced pīng
second tune
píng
level; even equal; fair; peaceful 平 píng
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safe and sound free from danger 平安 píng ān
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fair; peaceful 平 píng |
safe; peaceful 安 ān |
impartial fair and impartial 公平 gōng píng
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impartial 公 gōng |
equal; fair 平 píng |
comment; criticize judge; appraise 評 píng
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criticize; criticism comment; animadversion 批評 pī píng
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criticize 批 pī |
comment; criticize 評 píng |
bottle; vase 瓶 píng
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vase; flower vase 花瓶 huā píng
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flower 花 huā |
vase 瓶 píng |
Chinese characters also pronunced píng