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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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gān, gán, gǎn, gàn

first tune

gān

involved

gān

interfere

干擾

gān rǎo

involved

gān

disturb

rǎo

liver

gān

sweet
voluntary

gān

sweet and refreshing

甘美

gān měi

sweet

gān

beautiful

měi

willingly; voluntarily

甘心

gān xīn

voluntary

gān

heart

xīn

Chinese characters also pronunced gān


third tune

gǎn

dare to

gǎn

brave; courageous

勇敢

yǒng gǎn

brave

yǒng

dare to

gǎn

feel; sense

gǎn

feeling; sense

感覺

gǎn jué

feel; sense

gǎn

sense

jué

Chinese characters also pronunced gǎn


fourth tune

gàn

work; fight

gàn

work hard; slave away at work

苦幹

kǔ gàn

bitter; painful

work; fight

gàn

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