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

shuā, shuá, shuǎ, shuà

first tune

shuā

brush

shuā

brush teeth

刷牙

shuā yá

to brush

shuā

teeth

toothbrush

牙刷

yá shuā

teeth

brush

shuā


third tune

shuǎ

play; juggle

shuǎ

play; have fun; enjoy oneself

玩耍

wán shuǎ

play

wán

play

shuǎ

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