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This page provides a simple browsing interface for finding entities described by a property and a named value. Other available search interfaces include the page property search, and the ask query builder.

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• Four tones  + (There are four main tones in Mandarin Chinese. Your quest to master them starts here!)
• The "ch" "sh" and "zh" sounds  + (These similar sounds shouldn't be too hard for speakers of English, but it's important to pay close attention to the vowel sounds that they combine with.)
• The "r" sound  + (This is probably an "r" sound unlike any you've ever made before. It doesn't exist in English, but it can be learned!)
• Erhua  + (This is the "Beijinger R sound" that gives Mandarin Chinese its pirate flavor!)

• Tough sounds -ü-u  + (Those two dots make a difference, but sometimes they're "stealth.")

• Pronunciation variant  + (What happens when a word has a certain pinyin reading in the dictionary, but is often pronounced differently by native speakers? It ends up on this list!)
• Neutral tone  + (Whether you think of it as "the fifth tone," or "the zeroth tone," it's a little tonal trick you'll need to know.)
• Rare syllable  + (You won't find these in our chart, but if you're an intermediate learner, it's time to let you in on the little secret of these syllables' existence.)