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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lōng, lóng, lǒng, lòng

second tune

lóng

dragon 龍 lóng

Dragon King 龍王 lóng wáng
dragon 龍 lóng	king 王 wáng

cage 籠 lóng

bird cage 鳥籠 niǎo lóng
bird 鳥 niǎo	cage 籠 lóng

deaf hearing-impaired 聾 lóng

solemnity thrive; prosper 隆 lóng

ceremonious formal and dignified grand and ceremonial solemn, with solemnity 隆重 lóng zhòng
solemnity 隆 lóng	important 重 zhòng

booming; prosperous great prosperity; flourishing financially business is booming; rapid economic growth 興隆 xīng lóng
rise 興 lóng	thrive; prosper 隆 lóng

Chinese characters also pronunced lóng

third tune

lǒng

approach hold together 攏 lǒng

draw close to 靠攏 kào lǒng
keep near to 靠 kào	approach 攏 lǒng

Chinese characters also pronunced lǒng