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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chēng, chéng, chěng, chèng

first tune

chēng

support; prop up 撐 chēng

sustain under difficult circumstances 苦撐 kǔ chēng
bitter; painful 苦 kǔ	support 撐 chēng

to call; to name 稱 chēng

title; appellation 稱呼 chēng hū
to call; to name 稱 chēng	call; address 呼 hū

Chinese characters also pronunced chēng

second tune

chéng

success 成 chéng

success 成功 chéng gōng
success; achieve 成 chéng	merit; achievements 功 gōng

city 城 chéng

Great Wall 長城 cháng chéng
long 長 cháng	city wall 城 chéng

sincere; honest 誠 chéng

honest 誠實 chéng shí
sincere; honest 誠 chéng	true; real 實 shí

inherit; succeed bear; undertake confess 承 chéng

inherit 繼承 jì chéng
continue; succeed 繼 jì	inherit; succeed 承 chéng

promise; commitment 承諾 chéng nuò
undertake 承 chéng	promise 承 nuò

admit; confess 承認 chéng rèn
confess 承 chéng	acknowledge 認 rèn

Chinese characters also pronunced chéng

third tune

chěng

show off 逞 chěng

flaunt one's physical superiority 逞強 chěng qiáng
show off 逞 chěng	strong 強 qiáng

Chinese characters also pronunced chěng

fourth tune

chàng

weight scale 秤 chèng

Chinese characters also pronunced chèng