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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qiū, qiú, qiǔ, qiù

first tune

qiū

autumn 秋 qiū

autumn 秋天 qiū tiān
autumn 秋 qiū	day 天 tiān

hillock; mound 丘 qiū

Chinese also characters pronunced qiū

second tune

qiú

beg; beseech 求 qiú

Mayday; call for help 求救 qiú jiù
beg; beseech 求 qiú	rescue 救 jiù

ball; sphere 球 qiú

basketball 籃球 lán qiú
basket 籃 lán	ball 球 qiú

football; soccer 足球 zú qiú
foot 足 zú	ball 球 qiú

Chinese characters also pronunced qiú

third tune

qiǔ

embarrassing 糗 qiǔ

make a fool of oneself 出糗 chū qiǔ
out; show 出 chū	embarrassing 糗 qiǔ