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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qī, qí, qǐ, qì

first tune

qī

seven, 7 七 qī

July 七月 qī yuè
seven, 7 七 qī	month; moon 月 yuè

wife 妻 qī

beloved wife 愛妻 ài qī
love 愛 ài	wife 妻 qī

Chinese characters also pronunced qī

second tune

qí

strange; wonderful 奇 qí

strange; peculiar 奇怪 qí guài
strange 奇 qí	strange; odd 怪 guài

ride 騎 qí

ride a horse 騎馬 qí mǎ
ride 騎 qí	horse 馬 mǎ

flag 旗 qí

national flag 國旗 guó qí
nation; country 國 guó	flag 旗 qí

fin; fish fin 鰭 qí

orderly; set in order equal; together; uniform 齊 qí

chess (game) 棋 qí

Chinese characters also pronunced qí

third tune

qǐ

start; inspire 啟 qǐ

inspire; enlighten 啟發 qǐ fā
start; inspire 啟 qǐ	send out 發 fā

rise; get up 起 qǐ

get out of bed 起床 qǐ chuáng
rise; get up 起 qǐ	bed 床 chuáng

Chinese characters also pronunced qǐ

fourth tune

qì

gas; air; inner strength 氣 qì

qigong, breathing technique 氣功 qì gōng
inner strength 氣 qì	martial art skill 功 gōng

utensil; device 器 qì

one of outstanding talents 大器 dà qì
big; great 大 dà	utensil; device 器 qì

Chinese characters also pronunced qì