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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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quān, quán, quǎn, quàn

first tune

quān

circle; loop

quān

circle

圓圈

yuán quān

circular; circle

yuán

circle; loop

quān

Chinese characters also pronunced quān


second tune

quán

all; whole

quán

whole family

全家

quán jiā

all; whole

quán

home; family

jiā

fist

quán

Taijiquan

太極拳

Tài-jí quán

tai chi

太極

Tài-jí

fist

quán

spring; fountain

quán

spring water

泉水

quán shuǐ

spring; fountain

quán

water

shuǐ

power; legal rights

quán

power; authority

權力

quán lì

power

quán

force

rights; legal rights

權利

quán lì

legal rights

quán

advantage; benefit

Chinese characters also pronunced quán



third tune

quǎn

dog; canine

quǎn

fierce dog

惡犬

è quǎn

wicked

è

dog

quǎn

Chinese characters also pronunced quǎn


fourth tune

quàn

ticket

quàn

admission ticket

入場券

rù chǎng quàn

enter

field

chǎng

ticket

quàn

persuade

quàn

advise

勸告

quàn gào

persuade

quàn

tell

gào

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