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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guī, guí, guǐ, guì

first tune

guī

rule; regulation 規 guī

rules; regulations 規則 guī zé
rule; regulation 規 guī	standard; rules 年 zé

return; go back to 歸 guī

give back to; return to 歸還 guī huán
return 歸 guī	give back 還 huán

turtle 龜 guī

sea turtle 海龜 hǎi guī
sea 海 hǎi	turtle 龜 guī

salman 鮭 guī

salman 鮭魚 guī yú
salman 鮭 guī	fish 魚 yú

Chinese characters also pronunced guī

third tune

guǐ

ghost 鬼 guǐ

ghost house; haunted house 鬼屋 guǐ wū
ghost 鬼 guǐ	house 屋 wū

Chinese characters also pronunced guǐ

fourth tune

guì

expensive high-placed 貴 guì

valuable; worth a great deal of money 貴重 guì zhòng
expensive 貴 guì	heavy; important 重 zhòng

nobles; aristocrat 貴族 guì zú
high-placed 貴 guì	people; race 族 zú

kneel down 跪 guì

kneel down; fall to knees 跪下 guì xià
kneel down 跪 guì	down 下 xià

Chinese characters also pronunced guì