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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miāo, miáo, miǎo, miào

first tune

qiān

miaow crying sound of a cat 喵 miāo

second tune

miáo

seedling; sprout 苗 miáo

draw; sketch describe; depict 描 miáo

depict; describe; portray in words 描寫 miáo xiě
describe; depict 描 miáo	write 寫 xiě

aim; set sight on 瞄 miáo

aim; point at a target 瞄準 miáo zhǔn
aim 瞄 miáo	accurate 準 zhǔn

third tune

miǎo

second (time) 秒 miǎo

Chinese characters also pronunced miǎo

fourth tune

miào

wonderful; ingenious 妙 miào

wonderful; marvelous; fantastic 奇妙 qí miào
peculiar 奇 qí	wonderful 妙 miào

temple; shrine fane; joss house 廟 miào