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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zhē, zhé, zhě, zhè
first tune
zhē
cover; conceal 遮 zhē
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sting, bite by insects 螫 zhē
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second tune
zhé
bend; fold 折 zhé
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wise; wiseman sage; sagacious 哲 zhé
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philosophy 哲學 zhé xué
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wise 哲 zhé |
study 學 xué |
Chinese characters also pronunced zhé
third tune
zhě
person 者 zhě
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ninja 忍者 rěn zhě
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endure 忍 rěn |
person 者 zhě |
Chinese characters also pronunced zhě
fourth tune
zhè
this 這 zhè
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here; over here 這裡 zhè lǐ
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this 這 zhè |
neighborhood 裡 lǐ |
Chinese characters also pronunced zhè
light tune
zhe
adverbial particle 著 zhe
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wait and see; Let's see 等著瞧 děng zhe qiáo
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wait 等 děng |
adverbial particle 著 zhe |
see 瞧 qiáo |