Finals
- The final (韵母) is made up of the letter(s) after a syllable’s Initials (声母), not including the tone mark. Table below illustrates all Finals in chinese phonetics.
- A final begins with a vowel, it can be made up of 1 to 4 characters.
- A final is called Simple Final when it is formed by 1 character only. (see RED fonts in table below)
- A final is called Compound Final when it is formed by multiple characters. (see GREEN fonts in table below)
- Among all the Compound Finals, there are:
- – 8 Front Nasals Finals (see PINK background in table below)
- – 8 Back Nasals Finals (see BLUE background in table below)
| i | u | ü | |||||
| a | ia | ua | |||||
| o | uo | ||||||
| e | ie | üe | |||||
| er | |||||||
| ai | uai | ||||||
| ei | uei (ui) | ||||||
| ao | iao | ||||||
| ou | iou (iu) | ||||||
| an | ian | uan | üan | ||||
| en | in | uen (un) | üen (ün) |
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| ang | iang | uang | |||||
| eng | ing | ueng | |||||
| ong | iong |
More references/tools:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin
Pinyin Chart
Re: Pinyin Tutorials I – Initials
I think the sound for the “n” in the first section is incorrect. Please check. Thanks
Hi KWMoon,
Yes. I found the error in Initials (声母), and I have corrected it.
Thanks for addressing the error.
I can’t hear the sound of “üen”, can you please check it?
Hi Brian,
Sorry. I think I have forgotten to add the sound for “üen”.
Now I have added it. Thanks.
hey just curious”
why is there two voices in the sounds ??
is it like 1st male /2nd female
Hi Julio,
Yes. The first one is the male voice and the second is female voice.
Both are the same.
hey, can you give me an english word that uses the sound of ü,its kinda tricky 🙂
Hi Julio,
There is no equivalent word in English that uses ” ü “.
Use the same tongue position as in pronouncing Chinese ” i “, then draw your lips in to form a perfect circle as small as possible.
Can you see the different between ” i ” and ” ü ” ?
got it thanx, tricky though
Hi Min Min
If you see UE has been placed in the O row and not in the E row, is it that way?
Regards
Hi Dwiti,
Yes. I just found out that the üe should be in the E row.
I have corrected it.
Thanks.
Hi Min Min
I have another question. How does one practice the pinyin,,rowwise or columnwise. It gives a feeling that following it columnwise is easy.
regards
Hi Dwiti,
Have you downloaded my audio Pinyin ebook? The ebook is organized based on the Chinese language syllabus of the primary school in China and Singapore. It would be more systematic if you learn Pinyin based on the sequence in the ebook.
And as for this Pinyin table, you can always use it as your reference.
Hi Min Min
Yes I believe I have dowloaded the Pinyin ebook (learn Hanyun Pinyin in 24 days). Will try the ebook and give you the feed back. God Bless
regards