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Simple (Single) Finals
The six Simple finals: a, o, e, i, u, ü are the most fundamental vowels of Chinese Pinyin.
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Compound Finals: ai, ei, ao, ou, iu, ui, ie, üe, er
In Chinese Pinyin system, there are nine compound finals, which are composed of simple vowels.
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(Compound) Front Nasal Finals: an, en, in, un, ün
The nasal final is a final that the simple finals composed with the nasal consonant -n or -ng. The finals ending with -n are called the front nasal final, and the finals ending with -ng is called the back nasal final. Let’s start with the front nasal finals first.
First pronounce the single vowel, a, e, i, u or ü, then move your tongue to the back of the upper teeth to make the “n” sound.
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(Compound) Back Nasal Finals: ang, eng, ing, ong
As we mentioned before, the finals ending with -ng is called the back nasal final. To pronounce them you also need to start from the simple vowels, then move your tongue backwards, and let the air out through your nose. The “ng” sound is similar to the “ng” sound in English word “Song”.
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(Compound) Triplet: ia, iao, ian, iang, iong, ua, uai, uan, uang, uo, üan
This group of syllables is not included in the official final table because they are composed of two finals.
For the final parts, there are two finals, one is the mediator, and there are 3 simple finals that could be mediators: i, u, and ü, and can be put in front of vowel a or o. The second final could be any one of the following: simple final, compound final or nasal final.
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Spelling Rules
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Compound Final Spelling Rules
Omit the o,
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