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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shāo, sháo, shǎo, shào
first tune
shāo
burn 燒 shāo
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slightly; a little; a bit 稍 shāo
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Chinese characters also pronunced shāo
second tune
sháo
ladle; scoop 勺 sháo
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Chinese characters also pronunced sháo
third tune
shǎo
not many less; deficient 少 shǎo
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fourth tune
shào
young; youth 少 shào
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young girl; adolescent girl 少女 shào nǚ
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young 少 shào |
girl 女 nǚ |
whistle 哨 shào
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Chinese characters also pronunced shào