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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pīn, pín, pǐn, pìn

first tune

pīn

piece together make a whole 拼 pīn

jigsaw puzzle; puzzle pieces 拼圖 pīn tú
piece together 拼 pīn	picture 圖 tú

Chinese characters also pronunced pīn

second tune

pín

poverty; poor deficient; insufficient 貧 pín

frequency repeatedly; incessant 頻 pín

channels frequency channels television channels 頻道 pín dào
frequency 頻 pín	way 道 dào

Chinese characters also pronunced pín

third tune

pǐn

grade; class; quality article; commodity 品 pǐn

best quality; highest grade 極品 jí pǐn
extreme 極 jí	grade; quality 品 pǐn

artwork; work of art 藝術品 yì-shù pǐn
art 藝術 yì-shù	article; commodity 品 pǐn

fourth tune

pìn

hire engage the service of 聘 pìn

Chinese characters also pronunced pìn