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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cān, cán, cǎn, càn

first tune

cān

meal; dining 餐 cān

breakfast 早餐 zǎo cān
early; morning 早 zǎo	meal 餐 cān

join; involved in 參 cān

join; attend participate; participation 參加 cān jiā
join 參 cān	add 加 jiā

second tune

cán

ashamed; feel ashamed 慚 cán

feel ashamed embarrassed and guilty 慚愧 cán kuì
ashamed 慚 cán	ashamed 愧 kuì

incomplete; remnant; remaining 殘 cán

silkworm 蠶 cán

third tune

cǎn

miserable; tragic inhuman; pathetic 慘 cǎn

fourth tune

càn

bright; brilliant 燦 càn

Chinese characters also pronunced càn