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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bāng, báng, bǎng, bàng

first tune

bāng

help 幫 bāng

help 幫忙 bāng máng
help 幫 bāng	busy 忙 máng

Chinese characters also pronunced bāng

third tune

bǎng

tie together 綁 bǎng

bind; tie up 綑綁 kǔn bǎng
bundle up 綑 kǔn	tie 綁 bǎng

upper arm 膀 bǎng

shoulders 肩膀 jiān bǎng
shoulder 肩 jiān	upper arm 膀 bǎng

bulletin 榜 bǎng

popularity ranking; ranking of popularity 排行榜 pái háng bǎng
rank 排行 pái háng	bulletin 榜 bǎng

fourth tune

bàng

stick; cudgel 棒 bàng

baseball 棒球 bàng qiú
stick 棒 bàng	ball 球 qiú

Chinese characters also pronunced bàng