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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wō, wó, wǒ, wò
first tune
wō
nest; den; lair; hideout 窩 wō
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Chinese characters also pronunced wō
third tune
wǒ
I, me 我 wǒ
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fourth tune
wò
grip; grasp 握 wò
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shake hands 握手 wò shǒu
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grasp 握 wò |
hand 手 shǒu |
lie down; sleeping 臥 wò
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crouching tiger and hidden dragon full of all kinds of hidden talents (Chinese idiom) 臥虎藏龍 wò hǔ cáng lóng
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lie down 臥 wò |
tiger 虎 hǔ |
hide 藏 cáng |
dragon 龍 lóng |
Chinese characters also pronunced wò