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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shōu, shóu, shǒu, shòu

first tune

shōu

accept; receive gather; collect 收 shōu

second tune

shóu

cooked practiced; skilled familiar; very familiar 熟 shóu

third tune

shǒu

hand 手 shǒu

expert; skilled hand top gun; master-hand 高手 gāo shǒu
high 高 gāo	hand 手 shǒu

guard; defend 守 shǒu

head; leader; chief first; highest 首 shǒu

fourth tune

shòu

accept; receive 受 shòu

Sell; For Sale (sign) 售 shòu

longevity; long life 壽 shòu

beast; animal 獸 shòu

slim; thin; slander lean (meat) 瘦 shòu

Chinese characters also pronunced shòu