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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jiāo, jiáo, jiǎo, jiào

first tune

jiāo

join; intersect deliver; hand over associate with 交 jiāo

traffic communicate; communications 交通 jiāo tōng
join; intersect 交 jiāo	through; communicate 通 tōng

make friends 交朋友 jiāo péng yǒu
join; associate with 交 jiāo	friends 朋友 péng yǒu

give it to me hand over (something, someone) to me 交給我 jiāo gěi wǒ
hand over 交 jiāo	give 給 gěi	me; I 我 wǒ

flood dragon 蛟 jiāo

suburbs; outskirts 郊 jiāo

outskirts; suburbs 郊外 jiāo wài
suburbs; outskirts 郊 jiāo	outside 外 wài

focus scorched; charred 焦 jiāo

focus; focal point 焦點 jiāo diǎn
focus 焦 jiāo	point 點 diǎn

charred; scorched 燒焦 shāo jiāo
burn; cook 燒 shāo	scorched; charred 焦 jiāo

banana; plantain 蕉 jiāo

banana 香蕉 xiāng jiāo
fragrant 香 xiāng	banana; plantain 蕉 jiāo

teach; instruct 教 jiāo

teach me 教我 jiāo wǒ
teach 教 jiāo	me; I 我 wǒ

proud; arrogant 驕 jiāo

pride; proud 驕傲 jiāo ào
proud; arrogant 驕 jiāo	proud; haughty 傲 ào

pretty and charming delicate, tender, and lovely pampered, lovable and fragile 嬌 jiāo

pretty wife lovely wife charming wife 嬌妻 jiāo qī
pretty and charming 嬌 jiāo	wife 妻 qī

pepper 椒 jiāo

chili pepper hot pepper 辣椒 là jiāo
hot; spicy 辣 là	pepper 椒 jiāo

sprinkle water 澆 jiāo

water the flowers 澆花 jiāo huā
sprinkle water 澆 jiāo	flower 花 huā

glue rubber collagen 膠 jiāo

glue; mucilage 膠水 jiāo shuǐ
glue 膠 jiāo	water 水 shuǐ

rubber (elastic polymeric substance) 橡膠 xiàng jiāo
rubber tree 膠 xiàng	rubber 膠 jiāo

Chinese characters also pronunced jiāo

second tune

jiáo

chew; munch; masticate 嚼 jiáo

chew carefully and swallow slowly (Chinese idiom) 細嚼慢嚥 xì jiáo màn yàn
carefully 細 xì	chew 嚼 jiáo	slowly 慢 màn	swallow 嚥 yàn

third tune

jiǎo

angle; corner horn; antler 角 jiǎo

triangle 三角 sān jiǎo
three 三 sān	angle 角 jiǎo

ox horn horn of an ox 牛角 niú jiǎo
ox; bull 牛 niú	horn 角 jiǎo

outstanding 佼 jiǎo

best of the best well-known figure 佼佼者 jiǎo jiǎo zhě
outstanding; remarkable 佼佼 jiǎo jiǎo	person 者 zhě

ravioli; stuffed dumplings 餃 jiǎo

Chinese dumplings; water dumplings substantial stuffed dumplings 餃子 jiǎo zi
stuffed dumplings 餃 jiǎo	suffix 子 zi

foot; leg 腳 jiǎo

footprint imprint of a foot 腳印 jiǎo yìn
foot 腳 jiǎo	print 印 yìn

stir 攪 jiǎo

stir mix by stirring 攪拌 jiǎo bàn
stir 攪 jiǎo	mix 拌 bàn

crafty; foxy 狡 jiǎo

sly; cunning 狡猾 jiǎo huá
crafty; foxy 狡 jiǎo	crafty; sly 猾 huá

twist; wring 絞 jiǎo

ground meat; minced meat 絞肉 jiǎo ròu
twist; wring 絞 jiǎo	meat 肉 ròu

Chinese characters also pronunced jiǎo

fourth tune

jiào

call cry out; shout 叫 jiào

religion teaching 教 jiào

religion 宗教 zōng jiào
set; religion 宗 zōng	religion 教 jiào

education 教育 jiào yù
teaching 教 jiào	educate 育 yù

compare; relatively 較 jiào

compare; comparison 比較 bǐ jiào
compare 比 bǐ	compare 教 jiào

sleep 覺 jiào

sleep; go to bed 睡覺 shuì jiào
sleep 睡 shuì	sleep 覺 jiào

Chinese characters also pronunced jiào