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
with mp3 audio pronunciations and related video instruction lesson


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

shāi, shái, shǎi, shài

first tune

shāi

sieve; sift; screen; filter

shāi


third tune

shǎi

dice (game, gamble)

shǎi


fourth tune

shài

shine upon
dry in the sun; bask in the sun

shài

sunbathing; bask in the sun

曬太陽

shài tài yáng

bask in the sun

shài

sun

太陽

tài yáng

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