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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shāi, shái, shǎi, shài
first tune
shāi
sieve; sift; screen; filter 篩 shāi
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third tune
shǎi
dice (game, gamble) 骰 shǎi
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fourth tune
shài
shine upon dry in the sun; bask in the sun 曬 shài
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sunbathing; bask in the sun 曬太陽 shài tài yáng
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bask in the sun 曬 shài |
sun 太陽 tài yáng |