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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zēng, zéng, zěng, zèng

first tune

zēng

increase; add 增 zēng

dislike; hate 憎 zēng

Chinese characters also pronunced zēng

fourth tune

zèng

give for free 贈 zèng