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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yāng, yáng, yǎng, yàng
first tune
yāng
middle; center 央 yāng
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center; middle 中央 zhōng yāng
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center; middle 中 zhōng |
middle; center 央 yāng |
calamity; disaster 殃 yāng
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rice seedlings 秧 yāng
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Chinese characters also pronunced yāng
second tune
yáng
sheep; goat 羊 yáng
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ocean; Western 洋 yáng
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poplar tree 楊 yáng
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masculine sun; solar 陽 yáng
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Yin-Yang female and male negative and positive 陰陽 yīn yáng
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feminine 陰 yīn |
masculine 陽 yáng |
Chinese characters also pronunced yáng
third tune
yǎng
raise; grow; breed 養 yǎng
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itch; itchy 癢 yǎng
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oxygen 氧 yǎng
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look up; face upward 仰 yǎng
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fourth tune
yàng
kind; type; sort sample; pattern 樣 yàng
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sample; showpiece 樣品 yàng pǐn
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sample 樣 yàng |
article 品 pǐn |
Chinese characters also pronunced yàng