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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gēn, gén, gěn, gèn

first tune

gēn

root

gēn

strike root; take root

生根

shēng gēn

grow; produce

shēng

root

gēn

follow
heel

gēn

follow

跟隨

gēn suí

follow

gēn

follow

suí

high-heeled shoes

高跟鞋

gāo gēn xié

high

gāo

heel

gēn

shoes

xié


fourth tune

gèn

extend; stretch

gèn

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