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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rōu, róu, rǒu, ròu

second tune

róu

gentle; supple soft and gentle 柔 róu

tender; gentle warm and tender; sweet-natured 溫柔 wēn róu
mildly warm 溫 wēn	gentle 柔 róu

rub gently knead by hand 揉 róu

Chinese characters also pronunced róu

fourth tune

ròu

meat; flesh pulp of fruit 肉 ròu

beef 牛肉 niú ròu
cow 牛 niú	meat 肉 ròu

muscle 肌肉 jī ròu
muscle 肌 jī	flesh 肉 ròu