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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zāo, záo, zǎo, zào

first tune

zāo

meet (with misfortune) 遭 zāo

bad; awful wretched state 糟 zāo

Chinese characters also pronunced zāo

second tune

záo

chisel 鑿 záo

third tune

zǎo

early 早 zǎo

jujube; red date 棗 zǎo

flea (insect) 蚤 zǎo

bath; bathing 澡 zǎo

bathe; take a bath 洗澡 xǐ zǎo
wash 洗 xǐ	bath; bathing 澡 zǎo

algae; water plants 藻 zǎo

fourth tune

zào

build; make; create 造 zào

create 創造 chuàng zào
create 創 chuàng	make; create 造 zào

soap 皂 zào

dry; parched 燥 zào

Chinese characters also pronunced zào