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
Click the framed calligraphic Chinese symbol icons
to link more related multi-character Chinese words!

yīng, yíng, yǐng, yìng

first tune

yīng

Britain; England outstanding; distinguished 英 yīng

hero 英雄 yīng xióng
outstanding; distinguished 英 yīng	person of power 雄 xióng

should; ought to 應 yīng

infant; baby 嬰 yīng

sakura 櫻 yīng

eagle; hawk; falcon 鷹 yīng

Chinese characters also pronunced yīng

second tune

yíng

greet; receive; move towards 迎 yíng

welcome 歡迎 huān yíng
cheerful; joyous 歡 huān	greet; move towards 迎 yíng

win 贏 yíng

camp; battalion 營 yíng

fly (insect) 蠅 yíng

Chinese characters also pronunced yíng

third tune

yǐng

shadow 影 yǐng

Chinese characters also pronunced yǐng

fourth tune

yìng

hard; firm; stiff tough; sturdy; strong 硬 yìng

respond; answer; promise 應 yìng

reflect; shine upon 映 yìng