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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pū, pú, pǔ, pù

first tune

pū

crush inwards; fall toward; rush toward 撲 pū

pave; spread 鋪 pū

Chinese characters also pronunced pū

second tune

pú

servant 僕 pú

plain and simple honest and sincere 樸 pú

simplicity plain and simple; native and unadorned 樸素 pú sù
plain and simple 樸 pú	plain 素 sù

web (of duck, frog toes) 蹼 pú

Chinese characters also pronunced pú

third tune

pǔ

general; universal; popular 普 pǔ

ordinary; common; plain; average 普通 pǔ tōng
general 普 pǔ	through 通 tōng

musical score 譜 pǔ

garden; plant nursery 圃 pǔ

parterre; flower bed 花圃 huā pǔ
flower 花 huā	plant nursery 圃 pǔ

Chinese characters also pronunced pǔ

fourth tune

pù

shop; store 鋪 pù

pawnshop 當鋪 dàng pù
pawn 當 dàng	shop 鋪 pù

expose to sunlight 曝 pù

waterfall; cascade 瀑 pù

Chinese characters also pronunced pù