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


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

zhuān, zhuán, zhuǎn, zhuàn

first tune

zhuān

special; exclusive

zhuān

brick

zhuān

Chinese characters also pronunced zhuān


third tune

zhuǎn

rotate; revolve

zhuǎn

Chinese characters also pronunced zhuǎn


fourth tune

zhuàn

earn money
gain; make a profit

zhuàn

biography

zhuàn

Chinese characters also pronunced zhuàn

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