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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qiāo, qiáo, qiǎo, qiào

first tune

qiāo

knock 敲 qiāo

knock on a door 敲門 qiāo mén
knock 敲 qiāo	door 門 mén

Chinese characters also pronunced qiāo

second tune

qiáo

bridge 橋 qiáo

crossing the bridge 過橋 guò qiáo
pass; across 過 guò	bridge 橋 qiáo

Chinese characters also pronunced qiáo

third tune

qiǎo

clever; coincidence 巧 qiǎo

skillful hands 巧手 qiǎo shǒu
clever 巧 qiǎo	hand 手 shǒu

coincidence 巧合 qiǎo hé
coincidence 巧 qiǎo	suit; proper 合 hé

Chinese characters also pronunced qiǎo

fourth tune

qiào

rakish pretty and cute 俏 qiào

pretty and playful 俏皮 qiào pí
rakish; pretty and cute 俏 qiào	naughty 皮 pí

Chinese characters also pronunced qiào