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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chāng, cháng, chǎng, chàng
first tune
chāng
prosperous 昌 chāng
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prosperous; flourishing 昌盛 chāng shèng
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prosperous 昌 chāng |
flourishing 盛 shèng |
Chinese characters also pronunced chāng
second tune
cháng
long; length 長 cháng
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long and short 長,短 cháng duǎn
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long 長 cháng |
short 短 duǎn |
usually; constant 常 cháng
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ordinary; common 平常 píng cháng
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equal; level 平 píng |
usually 常 cháng |
intestines sausage 腸 cháng
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Chinese characters also pronunced cháng
third tune
chǎng
field 場 chǎng
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place; ground 場地 chǎng dì
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field 場 chǎng |
ground 地 dì |
Chinese characters also pronunced chǎng
fourth tune
chàng
sing 唱 chàng
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sing a song 唱歌 chàng gē
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sing 唱 chàng |
song 歌 gē |
smoothly; unobstructed 暢 chàng
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delightful; pleasant 暢快 chàng kuài
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smoothly; unobstructed 暢 chàng |
fast; gratified 快 kuài |
Chinese characters also pronunced chàng