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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fā, fá, fǎ, fà

first tune

fā

prosper issue 發 fā

become rich 發財 fā cái
prosper 發 fā	money; wealth 財 cái

head somewhere 出發 chū fā
out 出 chū	issue 發 fā

second tune

fá

lack tired 乏 fá

lack of something 缺乏 quē fá
lack; deficient 缺 quē	lack 乏 fá

weary; tired 疲乏 pí fá
tired 疲 pí	tired 乏 fá

punish 罰 fá

rewards and punishment 賞,罰 shǎng fá
reward; award 賞 shǎng	punish 罰 fá

Chinese characters also pronunced fá

third tune

fǎ

law; method 法 fǎ

break the law 犯法 fàn fǎ
violate (a law) 犯 fàn	law 法 fǎ

method 方法 fāng fǎ
direction; method 方 fāng	method 法 fǎ

human hair 髮 fǎ

human hair on top of the head 頭髮 tóu fǎ
head 頭 tóu	human hair 髮 fǎ

Chinese characters also pronunced fǎ