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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hēng, héng, hěng, hèng

first tune

hēng

prosperous 亨 hēng

tycoon; magnate 大亨 dà hēng
big; great 大 dà	prosperous 亨 hēng

Chinese characters also pronunced hēng

second tune

héng

lasting; continually 恆 héng

perseverance; staying power 恆心 héng xīn
lasting 恆 héng	heart 心 xīn

judge; measure 衡 héng

balance; equilibrium 平衡 píng héng
equal; fair 平 píng	judge; measure 衡 héng

horizontal; transverse 橫 héng

horizontal and vertical 橫,豎 héng shù
horizontal; transverse 橫 héng	vertical 豎 shù

fourth tune

hèng

harsh and unreasonable 橫 hèng

rude and unreasonable; outrageous 蠻橫 mán hèng
barbarous 蠻 mán	harsh and unreasonable 橫 hèng