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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tāi, tái, tǎi, tài

first tune

tāi

fetus; embryo tire of wheel 胎 tāi

embryo; fetus 胚胎 pēi tāi
embryo 胚 pēi	fetus; embryo 胎 tāi

tire of wheel 輪胎 lún tāi
wheel 輪 lún	tire of wheel 胎 tāi

second tune

tái

stage; platform Taiwan (abbreviation) 台 tái

platform; stage 舞台 wǔ tái
dance 舞 wǔ	stage; platform 台 tái

Taiwan 台灣 tái wān
Taiwan 台 tái	bay; gulf 灣 wān

moss; lichen 苔 tái

seaweed edible seaweed 海苔 hǎi tái
sea 海 hǎi	moss 苔 tái

life; raise; uplift 抬 tái

typhoon 颱 tái

typhoon 颱風 tái fēng
typhoon 颱 tái	wind 風 fēng

Chinese characters also pronunced tái

fourth tune

tài

too; very much extremely; excessively great; highest 太 tài

Sun 太陽 tài yáng
great 太 tài	sun 陽 yáng

Tai chi 太極 tài jí
extremely 太 tài	utmost 極 jí

eliminate; wash out 汰 tài

good luck safe and tranquil 泰 tài

status; state; situation attitude; manner 態 tài

titanium 鈦 tài