Finals

Question 1

a

Answer 1

pronounced as the a in “father”

Question 2

e

Answer 2

pronounced as the er in “serve”

Question 3

i

Answer 3

pronounced as the ee in “bee”

Question 4

o

Answer 4

pronounced as the o in “fox”

Question 5

u

Answer 5

pronounced as the woo in “wood”

Question 6

ü

Answer 6

pronounced as in German or French. Similar to lure (“ooh” with pursed lips)

Question 7

ai

Answer 7

pronounced as the i in “bike”

Question 8

ao p

Answer 8

ronounced as o in “now”

Question 9

ei

Answer 9

pronounced as the a in “may”

Question 10

ia

Answer 10

pronounced as the y in “yes” and slide to a as in British “are”

Question 11

iao

Answer 11

pronounced as the combination of the beginning consonant in “yes” and the o in “how”

Question 12

ie

Answer 12

pronounced similar to the ye in “yes”.

Question 13

iou/iu

Answer 13

iu is always pronounced as iou – pronounced as a slide from “y” as in “yes” to the “o” in “go“

Question 14

ou

Answer 14

pronounced as the o in “so“

Question 15

ua

Answer 15

pronounced similar to the American “what” without “h” and “t”. Sounds like the English spelling “wah”

Question 16

uai

Answer 16

pronounced similar to the English word “why”

Question 17

üe

Answer 17

pronounced as a slide from pinyin “ü” (German “ü” or the French “u”) to the vowel “e”

Question 18

uei/ui

Answer 18

pronounced similar to the sound in “wait”. It is spelt as “wei” when it stands as an independent syllable.

Question 19

uo

Answer 19

Pronounced similar to the British English “war” . The spelling “wo” is used when it stands as an independent syllable.

Question 20

an

Answer 20

pronounced as the un in “fun”

Question 21

en

Answer 21

pronounced as the en in “taken”

Question 22

ian

Answer 22

pronounced as the en in “yen”

Question 23

in

Answer 23

pronounced as the in in ‘pin‘

Question 24

uan

Answer 24

pronounced as the an in “wan”

Question 25

un

Answer 25

pronounced as the on in “won”

Question 26

üan

Answer 26

ü as pronounced above +an

Question 27

ün

Answer 27

ü as pronounced above +n

Question 28

ang

Answer 28

pronounced as the ong in “song“

Question 29

eng

Answer 29

pronounced “e” is as described above, followed by the nasal “ng” sound

Question 30

iang/yang

Answer 30

pronounced similar to “young”. The spelling “yang” is used when it stands as an independent a syllable

Question 31

ing/ying

Answer 31

pronounced as the ing in “sing”. The spelling “ying” is used when there is no consonant in the beginning of a syllable.

Question 32

iong/yong

Answer 32

Pinyin “y” + “u” + “ng”. The “o” is affected by “y”⑴ and so sounds similar to the vowel in “too”. The spelling “yong” is used when there is no consonant in the beginning.

Question 33

uang/wang

Answer 33

The spelling “wang” is used when it stands as an independent syllable.