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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bāi, bái, bǎi, bài

first tune

bāi

pull apart with hands 掰 bāi

pull apart 掰開 bāi kāi
pull apart 掰 bāi	open 開 kāi

second tune

bái

white 白 bái

white color 白色 bái sè
white 白 bái	color 色 sè

third tune

bǎi

hundred 百 bǎi

million 百萬 bǎi wàn
hundred 百 bǎi	ten thousand 萬 wàn

put, arrange 擺 bǎi

set up; arrange 擺放 bǎi fàng
put, arrange 擺 bǎi	release 放 fàng

Chinese characters also pronunced bǎi

fourth tune

bài

worship 拜 bài

worship 崇拜 chóng bài
lofty; worship 崇 chóng	worship 拜 bài

defeated 敗 bài

victory or defeat 勝,敗 shèng bài
victory 勝 shèng	defeated 敗 bài

Chinese characters also pronunced bài