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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tī, tí, tǐ, tì

first tune

tī

kick; kicking 踢 tī

ladder 梯 tī

Chinese characters also pronunced tī

second tune

tí

cry; sob; weep aloud 啼 tí

hoof (ungulate animal) 蹄 tí

mention lift by hand 提 tí

topic; subject question in a test 題 tí

question someone; submit questions 提出問題 tí chū wèn tí
bring up 提出 tí chū		question 問題 wèn tí
mention 提 tí	out 出 chū	ask 問 wèn	question 題 tí

Chinese characters also pronunced tí

third tune

tǐ

body 體,体 tǐ

fourth tune

tì

replace; substitute 替 tì

shave (hair) 剃 tì

cautious; prudent 惕 tì

alert; wary; vigilant; watchful 警惕 jǐng tì
alert 警 jǐng	cautious 惕 tì

Chinese characters also pronunced tì