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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mā, má, mǎ, mà

first tune

mā

mom 媽 mā

mama, mother 媽媽 mā ma
mom 媽 mā	mom 媽 ma

Chinese characters also pronunced mā

second tune

má

numb 麻 má

numb; insensitive 麻木 má mù
numb 麻 má	wood 木 mù

Chinese characters also pronunced má

third tune

mǎ

horse 馬 mǎ

horse riding ride a horse 騎馬 qí mǎ
ride 騎 qí	horse 馬 mǎ

Chinese characters also pronunced mǎ

fourth tune

mà

scold, rebuke 罵 mà

revile a person condemn someone give one a scolding mutter insults against someone 罵人 mà rén
scold, rebuke 罵 mà	people 人 rén

bawl someone out 大罵 dà mà
big 大 dà	scold, rebuke 罵 mà

light tune

ma

question tag 嗎 ma

How are you? 你好嗎 Nǐ hǎo ma
you 你 nǐ	good, fine 好 hǎo	question tag 嗎 ma

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