
Part two: Finals
In modern Chinese pinyin system, there are 38 finals.all finals like below,the full chinese pinyin system include 21 Initials and 38 finals and tone:
i | u | ü | |
a | ia | ua | |
o | uo | üe | |
e | ie | ||
er | |||
ai | uai | ||
ei | uei (ui) | ||
ao | iao | ||
ou | iou (iu) | ||
an | ian | uan | üan |
en | in | uen (un) | üen |
ang | iang | uang | |
eng | ieng | ueng | |
ong | iong |
- ie like “ye” in “yes”
- e like “e” in “her”
- er like “er” in “brother”
- ai like “y” in “by” (lie)
- ei like “ay” in “bay”
- ou like “o” in “go”
- an like “an” in “can” (without stressing the “n”)
- -ng (final) a nasalized soung like the “ng” in “bang” without pronouncing the “g”
- uei, uen and iou when preceded by an initial, are written as ui, un and iu respectivly.
