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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bā, bá, bǎ, bà

first tune

bā

eight 八 bā

August 八月 bā yuè
8, 8th 八 bā	month, moon 月 yuè

cling to 巴 bā

palm, slap 巴掌 bā zhǎng
slap 巴 bā	palm 掌 zhǎng

scar 疤 bā

scar 疤痕 bā héng
scar 疤 bā	mark 痕 héng

fragrant plant 芭 bā

Barbie (female name) 芭比 bā bǐ
Ba 芭 bā	Bie 比 héng

note: this is the Chinese phonetic translation for female name Barbie,
the characters used here are not literally related with the original meaning of characters.

Chinese characters also pronunced bā

second tune

bá

pull out 拔 bá

tooth extraction 拔牙 bá yá
pull out 拔 bá	tooth 牙 yá

Chinese characters also pronunced bá

third tune

bǎ

target 靶 bǎ

bullseye 靶心 bǎ xīn
target 靶 bǎ	heart 心 xīn

hold, grasp 把 bǎ

handle 把手 bǎ shǒu
hold, grasp 把 bǎ	hand 手 shǒu

fourth tune

bà

dad 爸 bà

papa, father 爸爸 bà ba
dad 爸 bà	dad 爸 ba

fierce ones 霸 bà

supreme chief 霸王 bà wáng
fierce ones 霸 bà	king 王 wáng

dam, dike 壩 bà

water dam 水壩 shuǐ bà
water 水 shuǐ	dam, dike 壩 bà

cease, quit 罷 bà

go on strike 罷工 bà gōng
cease, quit 罷 bà	labor, work 工 gōng

light tune

ba

ending tag 吧 ba

Let's go 走吧 zǒu ba
walk, go 走 zǒu	ending tag 吧 ba

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