(Compound) Back Nasal Finals: ang, eng, ing, ong Flashcards
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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ang
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similar to “ung” in the English “lung”
bàng 棒 adj. great
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eng
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like “en” in “stolen” plus “ng” in “song”
lěng 冷 adj. cold
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ing
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like “ing” in “spring”
similar to “ing” in the English “king”
If there is no initial consonant before i, i is written as a semi-vowel, y. Thus ia, ie, iao, iu, ian, iang become ya, ye, yao, you (note that the o cannot be omitted here: iu = iou), yan, yang,. Before in and ing, add y, e.g., yin and ying.
xíng 零 num. zero
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ong
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similar to “ong” in the English “song”
tòng 痛 adj. hurt
