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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zī, zí, zǐ, zì

first tune

zī

posture; bearing; appearance beauty of a woman 姿 zī

money; capital ability; talent; endowment 資 zī

grow; multiply 滋 zī

Chinese characters also pronunced zí

third tune

zǐ

son 子 zǐ

seed 籽 zǐ

purple; violet 紫 zǐ

Chinese characters also pronunced zǐ

fourth tune

zì

self from; since 自 zì

confidence; self-confident 自信 zì xìn
self 自 zì	believe 信 xìn

word 字 zì

Chinese characters also pronunced zì

light tune

zi

suffix after a noun 子 zi

table 桌子 zhuō zi
table 桌 zhuō	suffix 子 zi

chair 椅子 yǐ zi
chair 椅 yǐ	suffix 子 zi