Traditional and classic Chinese calligraphic symbols, words, idioms and proverbs for your art design. Created by Andres Leo since 2001.

Search Chinese symbols/words through this site:

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
Click the framed calligraphic Chinese symbol icons
to link more related multi-character Chinese words!

wō, wó, wǒ, wò

first tune

nest; den; lair; hideout

Chinese characters also pronunced


third tune

I, me


fourth tune

grip; grasp

shake hands

握手

wò shǒu

grasp

hand

shǒu

lie down; sleeping

crouching tiger and hidden dragon
full of all kinds of hidden talents

(Chinese idiom)

臥虎藏龍

wò hǔ cáng lóng

lie down

tiger

hide

cáng

dragon

lóng

Chinese characters also pronunced

Back to Top