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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mīng, míng, mǐng, mìng

second tune

míng

name; fame 名 míng

name; full name 姓名 xìng míng
surname 姓 xìng	name 名 míng

achieve fame; become famous 成名 chéng míng
achieve 成 chéng	fame 名 míng

bright; brilliant clear; apparent know; understand 明 míng

tomorrow 明天 míng tiān
next; bright 明 míng	day 天 tiān

brightness; illuminati just and upright openhearted and guileless 光明 guāng míng
light 光 guāng	bright; brilliant 明 míng

Chinese characters also pronunced míng

third tune

mǐng

drunk; dead drunk 酩 mǐng

fourth tune

mìng

life fate; destiny order; command 命 mìng

life 生命 shēng mìng
live; life 生 shēng	life 命 mìng

fate; destiny 命運 mìng yùn
fate; destiny 命 mìng	luck; fate 運 yùn