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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āi, ái, ǎi, ài

first tune

āi

grief; sorrow 哀 āi

beg piteously 哀求 āi qiú
grief; sorrow 哀 āi	beg; beseech 求 qiú

Chinese characters also pronunced āi

second tune

ái

cancer 癌 ái

cancer 癌症 ái zhèng
cancer 癌 ái	disease 症 zhèng

Chinese characters also pronunced ái

third tune

ǎi

short in height 矮 ǎi

tall and short 高矮 gāo ǎi
tall 高 gāo	short in height 矮 ǎi

Chinese characters also pronunced ǎi

fourth tune

ài

love 愛 ài

true love 真愛 zhēn ài
true 真 zhēn	love 愛 ài

Chinese characters also pronunced ài

ai - Mandarin pinyin tunes and vocabulary
āi, ái, ǎi, ài four tunes practice

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ai - Mandarin pinyin tunes and vocabulary
āi, ái, ǎi, ài four tunes practice

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