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
with mp3 audio pronunciations and related video instruction lesson
Words/Phrases A Words/Phrases B Words/Phrases C Words/Phrases D Words/Phrases E Words/Phrases F Words/Phrases G
Words/Phrases H Words/Phrases I Words/Phrases J Words/Phrases K Words/Phrases L Words/Phrases M Words/Phrases N
Words/Phrases O Words/Phrases P Words/Phrases Q Words/Phrases R Words/Phrases S Words/Phrases T
Words/Phrases U Words/Phrases V Words/Phrases W Words/Phrases X Words/Phrases Y Words/Phrases Z

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

zhuā, zhuá, zhuǎ, zhuà

first tune

zhuā

catch; arrest
grasp; seize

抓

zhuā

third tune

zhuǎ

claw; talon

爪

zhuǎ

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