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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shēng, shéng, shěng, shèng

first tune

shēng

life; living born; birth 生 shēng

rise; raise promote; elevate 升 shēng

sound; voice 聲 shēng

nephew sister's son son of one's sister 甥 shēng

Chinese characters also pronunced shēng

second tune

shéng

rope 繩 shéng

third tune

shěng

province save; economize 省 shěng

save money 省錢 shěng qián
save 省 shěng	money 錢 qián

fourth tune

shèng

victory; triumph win; outshine; surpass 勝 shèng

vigorous; flourishing; prosperous; thriving 盛 shèng

surplus; remnant 剩 shèng

holy; sacred 聖 shèng

saint; sage; holy man 聖人 shèng rén
holy 聖 shèng	person 人 rén

Chinese characters also pronunced shèng