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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hān, hán, hǎn, hàn

first tune

hān

silly; ingenuous 憨 hān

heartily; merry from wine 酣 hān

merry and lively; ease and verve 酣暢 hān chàng
heartily 酣 hān	unobstructed 暢 chàng

Chinese characters also pronunced hān

second tune

hán

chilly; wintry 寒 hán

severe winter; dead of winter 寒冬 hán dōng
chilly; wintry 寒 hán	winter 冬 dōng

contain; include 含 hán

include; contain 包含 bāo hán
include 包 bāo	contain; include 含 hán

Chinese characters also pronunced hán

third tune

hǎn

rare; uncommon 罕 hǎn

rarely seen 罕見 hǎn jiàn
rare 罕 hǎn	see 見 jiàn

shout; cry out 喊 hǎn

cry out aloud 大喊 dà hǎn
big; great 大 dà	shout; cry out 喊 hǎn

fourth tune

hàn

sweat 汗 hàn

sweat; exude sweat 流汗 liú hàn
flow 流 liú	sweat 汗 hàn

fierce; bold and valiant 悍 hàn

doughty and valiant; intrepid and fierce 強悍 qiáng hàn
strong; tough 強 qiáng	fierce; bold and valiant 悍 hàn

adult male 漢 hàn

tough guy dauntless and unyielding man 硬漢 yìng hàn
hard; tough 硬 yìng	adult male 漢 hàn

Chinese characters also pronunced hàn