Traditional and classic Chinese calligraphic symbols, words, idioms and proverbs for your art design. Created by Andres Leo since 2001.

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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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retroflex tunes in Mandarin

rāo, ráo, rǎo, rào

second tune

ráo

spare; forgive

ráo

forgive; spare; pardon

饒恕

ráo shù

spare

ráo

forgive

shù


third tune

rǎo

disturb; agitate; harass

rǎo

bother; disturb; interrupt

打擾

dǎ rǎo

make

disturb

rǎo

Do Not Disturb
Please do not disturb

請勿打擾

Qǐng wù dǎ rǎo

Please

Qǐng

do not

disturb

打擾

dǎ rǎo


fourth tune

rào

coil; wind around
bypass; detour; go around

rào

Chinese characters also pronunced rào

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