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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qū, qú, qǔ, qù

first tune

qū

area; zone 區 qū

area; region 地區 dì qū
land; ground 地 dì	area; zone 區 qū

forbidden zone 禁區 jìn qū
forbidden 禁 jìn	area; zone 區 qū

submit; injustice 屈 qū

capitulate; succumb to 屈服 qū fú
submit 屈 qū	obey; subjugate 服 fú

unfairness; grievance 委屈 wěi qū
frustrated 委 wěi	injustice 屈 qū

curved 曲 qū

twist; distort 扭曲 niǔ qū
twist with force 扭 niǔ	curved 曲 qū

tend toward 趨 qū

trend; tendency 趨勢 qū shì
tend toward 趨 qū	influence; momentum 勢 shì

Chinese characters also pronunced qū

second tune

qú

ditch; water channel 渠 qú

ditch; trench 溝渠 gōu qú
ditch; trench 溝 gōu	ditch; water channel 渠 qú

Chinese characters also pronunced qú

third tune

qǔ

get; take 取 qǔ

cancel 取消 qǔ xiāo
get; take 取 qǔ	eliminate 消 xiāo

marry a woman 娶 qǔ

marry to a man, marry a woman 嫁,娶 jià qǔ
marry to a man 嫁 jià	marry a woman 娶 qǔ

song; melody 曲 qǔ

song, ballad 歌曲 gē qǔ
song 歌 gē	song; melody 曲 qǔ

Chinese characters also pronunced qǔ

fourth tune

qù

go; leave 去 qù

going or staying 去,留 qù liú
go; leave 去 qù	stay 留 liú

fun; pleasure 趣 qù

interesting; entertaining 有趣 yǒu qù
have 有 yǒu	fun; pleasure 趣 qù

Chinese characters also pronunced qù