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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pā, pá, pǎ, pà

first tune

pā

lie prone; prostrate oneself lying face down; fall flat on the ground 趴 pā

Chinese characters also pronunced pā

second tune

pá

climb; shin crawl; creep; grabble 爬 pá

mountain-climbing climbing mountains hiking in the mountains 爬山 pá shān
climb 爬 pá	mountain 山 shān

rake; harrow 耙 pá

pickpocket steal from the pockets of someone 扒 pá

pickpocket; light-fingered man 扒手 pá shǒu
pickpocket 扒 pá	hand; skilled person 手 shǒu

Chinese characters also pronunced pá

fourth tune

pà

fear; dread; afraid 怕 pà

fear; afraid of; scared of 害怕 hài pà
suffer; harmful 害 hài	fear; afraid 怕 pà

Chinese characters also pronunced pà