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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tiān, tián, tiǎn, tiàn
first tune
tiān
day sky; heaven 天 tiān
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every day; each day; day-to-day 每天 měi tiān
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every; each 每 měi |
day 天 tiān |
Heaven 天堂 tiān táng
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sky; heaven 天 tiān |
hall 堂 táng |
Chinese characters also pronunced tiān
second tune
tián
farmland; agriculture land 田 tián
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sweet 甜 tián
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Chinese characters also pronunced tián
third tune
tiǎn
lick with tongue 舔 tiǎn
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Chinese characters also pronunced tiǎn