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

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Index of Chinese Phrases and Vocabulary
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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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retroflex tunes in Mandarin

zhōng, zhóng, zhǒng, zhòng

first tune

zhōng

middle; center

zhōng

China

中國

zhōng guó

middle; center

zhōng

nation

guó

heart; inner feelings

zhōng

end; finally

zhōng

clock
bell; hanging bell

zhōng

Chinese characters also pronunced zhōng


third tune

zhǒng

kind; type; sort

zhǒng

swollen; swelling

zhǒng

Chinese characters also pronunced zhǒng


fourth tune

zhòng

hit; fit for

zhòng

win a prize

中獎

zhòng jiǎng

hit

zhòng

prize

jiǎng

middle; internediate

zhòng

midsummer

仲夏

zhòng xià

middle

zhòng

summer

xià

heavy; weighty

zhòng

plant; grow

zhòng

many; numerous

zhòng

crowd; people

群眾

qún zhòng

group

qún

crowd

zhòng

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