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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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līn, lín, lǐn, lìn

second tune

lín

woods; grove; forest

lín

bamboo grove
groves of bamboo

竹林

zhú lín

bamboo

zhú

woods; grove

lín

forest

森林

sēn lín

dark; obscure

sēn

woods

lín

near; close to
about to; arrive at

lín

Welcome
(sign for visiting guest)

歡迎光臨

huān yíng guāng lín

Welcome

歡迎

zhú

presence

光臨

guāng lín

neighbor; neighboring
near; adjacent

lín

neighbor

鄰居

lín jū

neighboring; near

lín

residence

scales; fish scale

lín

fish scale

魚鱗

yú lín

fish

scales

lín

female kylin (Chinese unicorn)

lín

kylin; Chinese unicorn

麒麟

qí lín

male kylin

female kylin

lín

Chinese characters also pronunced lín


third tune

lǐn

imposing; awe-inspiring

lǐn

majestic-looking
awe-inspiring posture

(Chinese idiom)

威風凜凜

wēi fēng lǐn lǐn

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

lìn

stingy; miserly
ungenerous with money
niggardly; parsimonious

吝嗇

lìn sè

stingy; miserly

lìn

stingy

Chinese characters also pronunced lìn

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