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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pēng, péng, pěng, pèng

first tune

pēng

cook; cooking 烹 pēng

cooking; culinary art 烹飪 pēng rèn
cook; cooking 烹 pēng	cook 飪 rèn

Chinese characters also pronunced pēng

second tune

péng

friend; companion 朋 péng

friend; friends 朋友 péng yǒu
friend 朋 péng	friend 友 yǒu

inflate; expand swollen; bloated 膨 péng

expand; inflate distention; inflation 膨脹 péng zhàng
inflate; expand 膨 péng	distend; bloated 脹 zhàng

covering; awning 蓬 péng

tent; camping tent 帳篷 zhàng péng
tent 帳 zhàng	covering; awning 蓬 péng

Chinese characters also pronunced péng

third tune

pěng

hold up; carry with both hands flatter, exalt, extol; lavish praise 捧 pěng

fourth tune

pèng

touch bump; collide 碰 pèng

Don't touch me! 別碰我 Bié pèng wǒ
Don't 別 Bié	touch 碰 pèng	me 我 wǒ