Finals Flashcards
a
pronounced as the a in “father”
e
pronounced as the er in “serve”
i
pronounced as the ee in “bee”
o
pronounced as the o in “fox”
u
pronounced as the woo in “wood”
ü
pronounced as in German or French. Similar to lure (“ooh” with pursed lips)
ai
pronounced as the i in “bike”
ao p
ronounced as o in “now”
ei
pronounced as the a in “may”
ia
pronounced as the y in “yes” and slide to a as in British “are”
iao
pronounced as the combination of the beginning consonant in “yes” and the o in “how”
ie
pronounced similar to the ye in “yes”.
iou/iu
iu is always pronounced as iou – pronounced as a slide from “y” as in “yes” to the “o” in “go“
ou
pronounced as the o in “so“
ua
pronounced similar to the American “what” without “h” and “t”. Sounds like the English spelling “wah”
uai
pronounced similar to the English word “why”
üe
pronounced as a slide from pinyin “ü” (German “ü” or the French “u”) to the vowel “e”
uei/ui
pronounced similar to the sound in “wait”. It is spelt as “wei” when it stands as an independent syllable.
uo
Pronounced similar to the British English “war” . The spelling “wo” is used when it stands as an independent syllable.
an
pronounced as the un in “fun”
en
pronounced as the en in “taken”
ian
pronounced as the en in “yen”
in
pronounced as the in in ‘pin‘
uan
pronounced as the an in “wan”
un
pronounced as the on in “won”
üan
ü as pronounced above +an
ün
ü as pronounced above +n
ang
pronounced as the ong in “song“
eng
pronounced “e” is as described above, followed by the nasal “ng” sound
iang/yang
pronounced similar to “young”. The spelling “yang” is used when it stands as an independent a syllable
ing/ying
pronounced as the ing in “sing”. The spelling “ying” is used when there is no consonant in the beginning of a syllable.
iong/yong
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.
uang/wang
The spelling “wang” is used when it stands as an independent syllable.
