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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līn, lín, lǐn, lìn
second tune
lín
woods; grove; forest 林 lín
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bamboo grove groves of bamboo 竹林 zhú lín
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bamboo 竹 zhú |
woods; grove 林 lín |
forest 森林 sēn lín
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dark; obscure 森 sēn |
woods 林 lín |
near; close to about to; arrive at 臨 lín
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Welcome (sign for visiting guest) 歡迎光臨 huān yíng guāng lín
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Welcome 歡迎 zhú |
presence 光臨 guāng lín |
neighbor; neighboring near; adjacent 鄰 lín
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neighbor 鄰居 lín jū
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neighboring; near 鄰 lín |
residence 居 jū |
scales; fish scale 鱗 lín
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fish scale 魚鱗 yú lín
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fish 魚 yú |
scales 鱗 lín |
female kylin (Chinese unicorn) 麟 lín
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kylin; Chinese unicorn 麒麟 qí lín
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male kylin 麒 qí |
female kylin 麟 lín |
Chinese characters also pronunced lín
third tune
lǐn
imposing; awe-inspiring 凜 lǐn
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majestic-looking awe-inspiring posture (Chinese idiom) 威風凜凜 wēi fēng lǐn lǐn
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majestic and awe-inspiring 威風 wēi fēng |
stern; strict 凜凜 lǐn lǐn |
Chinese characters also pronunced lǐn
fourth tune
lìn
stingy; miserly; ungenerous 吝 lìn
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stingy; miserly ungenerous with money niggardly; parsimonious 吝嗇 lìn sè
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stingy; miserly 吝 lìn |
stingy 嗇 sè |
Chinese characters also pronunced lìn