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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xiū, xiú, xiǔ, xiù

first tune

xiū

rest cease; stop 休 xiū

rest; take a break 休息 xiū xí
rest 休 xiū	cease; rest 息 xí

shy; bashful 羞 xiū

fix; repair trim; prune cultivate oneself; self-cultivation 修 xiū

Chinese characters also pronunced xiū

third tune

xiǔ

rot; rotten decay; decayed 朽 xiǔ

Chinese characters also pronunced xiǔ

fourth tune

xiù

beautiful; elegant; graceful 秀 xiù

rust; iron rust 銹 xiù

sleeve (of clothing) 袖 xiù

sniff; smell 嗅 xiù

Chinese characters also pronunced xiù