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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zhōu, zhóu, zhǒu, zhòu

first tune

zhōu

circumference whole; entire; all over 周 zhōu

attentive; thoughtful; considerate 周到 zhōu dào
whole; entire 周 zhōu	reach 到 dào

week 週 zhōu

weekend 週末 zhōu mò
week 週 zhōu	end 末 mò

state (of nation) 州 zhōu

continent; land mass 洲 zhōu

Europe 歐洲 Ōu zhōu
Europe 歐 Ōu	continent; land mass 洲 zhōu

boat 舟 zhōu

congee porridge of rice or millet 粥 zhōu

Chinese characters also pronunced zhōu

second tune

zhóu

axis (of rotation) 軸 zhóu

Chinese characters also pronunced zhóu

third tune

zhǒu

elbow 肘 zhǒu

Chinese characters also pronunced zhǒu

fourth tune

zhòu

incantation; mantra curse; swear 咒 zhòu

daytime 晝 zhòu

day and night 晝,夜 zhòu yè
daytime 晝 zhòu	night 夜 yè

eternity; infinite time 宙 zhòu

Universe; cosmos 宇宙 yǔ zhòu
world 宇 yǔ	infinite time 宙 zhòu

Chinese characters also pronunced zhòu