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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yā, yá, yǎ, yà

first tune

yā

duck (waterbird) 鴨 yā

crow; raven (bird) 鴉 yā

press down; weigh on repress; suppress 壓 yā

detain; custody 押 yā

Chinese characters also pronunced yā

second tune

yá

tooth; teeth fang; ivory; tusk 牙 yá

bud; sprout 芽 yá

cliff; precipice 崖 yá

Chinese characters also pronunced yá

third tune

yǎ

Asia 亞 yǎ

Asia 亞洲 yǎ zhōu
Asia 亞 yǎ	continent 洲 zhōu

mute; dumb 啞 yǎ

elegant; graceful 雅 yǎ

fourth tune

yà

wonder; astonished; surprised 訝 yà

Chinese characters also pronunced yà

light tune

ya

ah; oh 呀 ya

Oh, my! My word! 哎呀 Āi yā
hey; ah 哎 Āi	ah; oh 呀 ya