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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zān, zán, zǎn, zàn

first tune

zān

hairpin 簪 zān

second tune

zán

we; us 咱 zán

two of us; both of us 咱倆 zán liǎng
we; us 咱 zán	two people 倆 liǎng

third tune

zǎn

save; hoard 攢 zǎn

hoard money 攢錢 zǎn qián
save; hoard 攢 zǎn	money 錢 qián

fourth tune

zàn

support; help; aid 贊 zàn

agree with; approve of 贊成 zàn chéng
support 贊 zàn	achieve 成 chéng

praise; applaud 讚 zàn

compliment 讚美 zàn měi
praise 讚 zàn	beautiful 美 měi

Chinese characters also pronunced zàn