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 干 gān
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interfere 干擾 gān rǎo
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involved 干 gān |
disturb 擾 rǎo |
liver 肝 gān
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sweet voluntary 甘 gān
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sweet and refreshing 甘美 gān měi
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sweet 甘 gān |
beautiful 美 měi |
willingly; voluntarily 甘心 gān xīn
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voluntary 甘 gān |
heart 心 xīn |
Chinese characters also pronunced gān
third tune
gǎn
dare to 敢 gǎn
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brave; courageous 勇敢 yǒng gǎn
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brave 勇 yǒng |
dare to 敢 gǎn |
feel; sense 感 gǎn
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feeling; sense 感覺 gǎn jué
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feel; sense 感 gǎn |
sense 覺 jué |
Chinese characters also pronunced gǎn
fourth tune
gàn
work; fight 幹 gàn
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work hard; slave away at work 苦幹 kǔ gàn
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bitter; painful 苦 kǔ |
work; fight 幹 gàn |