Rules of Initial-Final Combination in Forming a Syllable
After you learn the Initials and Finals, now you are going to learn the rules in forming syllable (Chinese pinyin). There are 7 rules covering all initial-final combination in Chinese pinyin.
Rules:
- The final ‘iou’ changes into the form ‘iu’ when spelt with an initial.
Initials b p m f d t n l j q x -iou miu diu niu liu jiu qiu xiu - The final ‘uei’ changes into the form ‘ui’ when spelt with an initial.
Initials d t n l g k h z c s zh ch sh r -uei dui tui gui kui hui zui cui sui zhui chui shui rui - The final ‘uen’ changes into the form ‘un’ when spelt with an initial.
Initials d t n l g k h z c s zh ch sh r -uen dun tun lun gun kun hun zun cun sun zhun chun shun run - The final ‘uen’ changes into the form ‘un’ when spelt with an initial.
Initials j q x y -ü ju qu xu yu -üe jue que xue yue -üan juan quan xuan yuan -ün jun qun xun yun - ‘i’ in the syllables ‘zi’, ‘ci’ and ’si’ is not the common final ‘i’, but a blade-alveolar vowel. The pronunciations of the syllables ‘zi’, ‘ci’ and ’si’ are the same as those of the initials ‘z’, ‘c’ and ’s’.
- ‘i’ in the syllables ‘zhi’, ‘chi’, ’shi’ and ‘ri’ is not the common final ‘i’, but a blade-alveolar vowel. The pronunciations of the syllables ‘zhi’, ‘chi’, ’shi’, ‘ri’ are the same as those of the initials ‘zh’, ‘ch’, ’sh’, ‘r’.
- When finals in the columns ‘i’, ‘u’ and ‘ü’ make syllables themselves without the exists of Initials , they are written as follows:
- i = y
- u = w
- ü = yu
i = y Finals -i -ia -iao -ie -iou -ian -in -iang -ing -iong Syllables yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong u = w Finals -u -ua -uo -uai -ue -uan -un -uang -ueng Syllables wu wa wo wai we wan wun wang weng ü = yu Finals -ü -üe -üan -ün Syllables yü yue yuan yun
June 20th, 2009 in
Pinyin, Weekly Activities | tags: chinese phonetics, Chinese pinyin lesson, Chinese Pronunciation, finals, initial, Pinyin, pinyin lesson, pinyin rules, pinyin tutorial
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