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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diē, dié, diě, diè

first tune

diē

dad; papa (classic dialect) 爹 diē

dad and mom (classic) 爹,娘 diē niáng
dad (classic dialect) 爹 diē	mother (classic) 娘 niáng

second tune

dié

butterfly 蝶 dié

butterfly 蝴蝶 hú dié
butterfly 蝴 hú	butterfly 蝶 dié

tumble fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong 跌 dié

tumble; fall down 跌倒 dié dǎo
tumble 跌 dié	fall 倒 dǎo

saucer; small plate 碟 dié

flying saucer 飛碟 fēi dié
fly 飛 fēi	saucer 碟 dié

spy; espionage 諜 dié

spy; secret agent 間諜 jiàn dié
between 間 jiàn	spy; espionage 諜 dié

pile up 疊 dié

human pyramid 疊羅漢 dié luó hàn
pile up 疊 dié	arhat 羅漢 luó hàn

Chinese characters also pronunced dié