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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tuān, tuán, tuǎn, tuàn
first tune
tuān
rushing water; rapidly flowing 湍 tuān
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second tune
tuán
group; round mass 團 tuán
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unify; unity 團結 tuán jié
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group 團 tuán |
connect 結 jié |
round mass dumpling (rice flour) 糰 tuán
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rice balls; onigiri 飯糰 fàn tuán
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cooked rice 飯 fàn |
round mass 糰 tuán |
Chinese characters also pronunced tuán