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and the exercise of pinyin/zhuyin with basic Chinese 4-tune pronunciation

Mandarin pinyin tunes
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hōng, hóng, hǒng, hòng

first tune

hōng

roast; bake dry, warm by a fire 烘 hōng

strike, bang rumble, thunder 轟 hōng

Chinese characters also pronunced hōng

second tune

hóng

red 紅 hóng

red color 紅色 hóng sè
red 紅 hóng	color 色 sè

rainbow 虹 hóng

rainbow 彩虹 cǎi hóng
colorful 彩 cǎi	rainbow 虹 hóng

great; magnificent 宏 hóng

majestic; lofty 宏偉 hóng wěi
great; magnificent 宏 hóng	great 偉 wěi

flood 洪 hóng

floodwaters 洪水 hóng shuǐ
flood 洪 hóng	water 水 shuǐ

Chinese characters also pronunced hóng

third tune

hǒng

wheedle; coax 哄 hǒng

fourth tune

hòng

dispute; quarrel 鬨 hòng

internal strife; conflict inside a group 內鬨 nèi hòng
internal; inside 內 nèi	dispute; quarrel 鬨 hòng