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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xiāng, xiáng, xiǎng, xiàng

first tune

xiāng

sweet-smelling fragrant; savory; aromatic incense; joss stick 香 xiāng

mutual; each other 相 xiāng

each other; mutual 互相 hù xiāng
mutual 互 hù	each other 相 xiāng

box; chest; trunk 箱 xiāng

countryside; rural area hometown; native place 鄉 xiāng

homeland; native land 故鄉 gù xiāng
former 故 gù	hometown; native place 鄉 xiāng

Chinese characters also pronunced xiāng

second tune

xiáng

auspicious; propitious; good omen 祥 xiáng

detailed; details thoroughly; comprehensively 詳 xiáng

surrender 降 xiáng

fly; soar 翔 xiáng

fly; flying glide in the air hover in the air 飛翔 fēi xiáng
fly 飛 fēi	fly; soar 翔 xiáng

third tune

xiǎng

think 想 xiǎng

enjoy 享 xiǎng

share (joy, food, things) 分享 fēn xiǎng
divide 分 fēn	enjoy 享 xiǎng

Chinese characters also pronunced xiǎng

fourth tune

xiàng

direction face; turn towards 向 xiàng

direction 方向 fāng xiàng
direction 方 fāng	direction; turn towards 向 xiàng

appearance; look 相 xiàng

elephant 象 xiàng

like; as; alike; similar image; portrait 像 xiàng

oak (tree) 橡 xiàng

Chinese characters also pronunced xiàng