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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cī, cí, cǐ, cì

first tune

cī

flaw; defect 疵 cī

blemish; defect 瑕疵 xiá cī
flaw 瑕 xiá	flaw; defect 疵 cī

Chinese characters also pronunced cī

second tune

cí

female (animal) 雌 cí

female and male (animal) 雌,雄 cí xióng
female 雌 cí	male 雄 xióng

porcelain 瓷 cí

magnetic; magnetism 磁 cí

words; lyrics 詞 cí

resign say good-bye 辭 cí

mercy; kind; loving 慈 cí

loving mother 慈母 cí mǔ
mercy; kind; loving 慈 cí	mother 母 mǔ

Chinese characters also pronunced cí

third tune

cǐ

this 此 cǐ

fourth tune

cì

next; secondary order; time; sequence 次 cì

sting; thorn pierce; prick; stab 刺 cì

give; bestow 賜 cì