Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “pin”
14 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
Tone by tone
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The same letters can represent different words when the tone changes.
1
First tone
pīn
2
Second tone
pín
3
Third tone
pǐn
4
Fourth tone
pìn
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