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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kē, ké, kě, kè

first tune

kē

harsh; exacting; severe 苛 kē

severe; harsh 嚴苛 yán kē
strict 嚴 yán	harsh 苛 kē

science section; department 科 kē

science; scientific knowledge 科學 kē xué
section; department 科 kē	learning; knowledge 學 xué

Chinese characters also pronunced kē

second tune

ké

cough 咳 ké

cough 咳嗽 ké sòu
cough 咳 ké	cough 嗽 sòu

shell; hard surface 殼 ké

shell; seashell cowrie; conch 貝殼 bèi ké
shellfish 貝 bèi	shell 殼 ké

Chinese characters also pronunced ké

third tune

kě

may; can; able approve; permit 可 kě

can; may 可以 kě yǐ
may; can 可 kě	use as 以 yǐ

cute; adorable lovely; sweet and pretty 可愛 kě ài
can; able 可 kě	love 愛 ài

thirst; thirsty 渴 kě

thirsty 口渴 kǒu kě
mouth 口 kǒu	thirsty 渴 kě

long for; crave for yearn for; aspire after 渴望 kě wàng
thirst 渴 kě	expect 望 wàng

Chinese characters also pronunced kě

fourth tune

kè

overcome; conquer; subdue 克 kè

overcome; surmount 克服 kè fú
overcome 克 kè	obey 服 fú

restrain; refrain forbear; control oneself 克制 kè zhì
subdue 克 kè	control 制 zhì

guest; visitor customer; client 客 kè

guest 客人 kè rén
guest 客 kè	people 人 rén

beat; strike prevail; predominate 剋 kè

nemesis; deadly enemy unbeatable rival; invincible opponent 剋星 kè xīng
prevail 剋 kè	star 星 xīng

carve; engrave moment; quarter of an hour 刻 kè

sculpture engrave; carve 雕刻 diāo kè
carve 雕 diāo	carve; engrave 刻 kè

time; hour; moment 時刻 shí kè
time; hour 時 shí	moment 刻 kè

class; course; lesson 課 kè

attend class; go to class 上課 shàng kè
up; go 上 shàng	class 課 kè

finish class; dismiss the class 下課 xià kè
down; leave 下 xià	class 課 kè

Chinese characters also pronunced kè