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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

rū, rú, rǔ, rù

second tune

as; like; similar to
such as; according to

if; what if

如果

rú guǒ

as; like

outcomes

guǒ

scholar; learned person
Confucianism; Confucianist

gentle and refined
learned and refined
scholarly and cultured

儒雅

rú yǎ

scholar

refined; graceful

Chinese characters also pronunced


third tune

milk; breast

breast milk

母乳

mǔ rǔ

mother

milk

Chinese characters also pronunced


fourth tune

enter; into

ENTRANCE

入口

rù kǒu

enter

opening

kǒu

insult; disgrace; humiliate

Chinese characters also pronunced

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