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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rū, rú, rǔ, rù
second tune
rú
as; like; similar to such as; according to 如 rú
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if; what if 如果 rú guǒ
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as; like 如 rú |
outcomes 果 guǒ |
scholar; learned person Confucianism; Confucianist 儒 rú
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gentle and refined learned and refined scholarly and cultured 儒雅 rú yǎ
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scholar 儒 rú |
refined; graceful 雅 yǎ |
Chinese characters also pronunced rú
third tune
rǔ
milk; breast 乳 rǔ
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breast milk 母乳 mǔ rǔ
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mother 母 mǔ |
milk 乳 rǔ |
Chinese characters also pronunced rǔ
fourth tune
rù
enter; into 入 rù
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ENTRANCE 入口 rù kǒu
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enter 入 rù |
opening 口 kǒu |
insult; disgrace; humiliate 辱 rù
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Chinese characters also pronunced rù