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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tā, tá, tǎ, tà

first tune

tā

he; him other; another 他 tā

she; her 她 tā

it (thing) 它 tā

it (animal) 牠 tā

Chinese characters also pronunced tā

third tune

tǎ

tower 塔 tǎ

fourth tune

tà

step on; tread; stride 踏 tà

Chinese characters also pronunced tà