Finals (vowels) Flashcards
1
Q
a
A
“a” in “father”
2
Q
ai
A
“I”
3
Q
ao
A
“ow” in “now”
4
Q
an
A
“an” in the British pronunciation of “ban”
5
Q
ang
A
“ong” in “song”
6
Q
o
A
“o” in office, but lips more rounded, tighter
- also sounds like hard “o” / “Oh”
7
Q
ou
*
A
“o” in “so”
8
Q
ong
A
“oo” in “book” combined with “ng” in “sing”
- “oo-ng”
9
Q
e
*
A
“oo” in “book” combined with “uh” in duh
- “oo-uh”
10
Q
ei
*
A
“ey” in “hey”
11
Q
en
A
“en” in “taken”
12
Q
eng
A
“en” in taken + “ng” at end
- “en-ng”
13
Q
er
*
A
starts with Pinyin “e” sound (“oo” in book + “uh” in “duh”) and quickly ends in “r” in “bar”
- “oo-uh-r”
- sounds like hillybilly saying “heir” w/ no “h” in it
- cannot combine with a Pinyin “initial”
14
Q
i
A
“ee” in “bee”
15
Q
ia
A
“ya” in “yard”
- “ee-a”
- comes from Pinyin “i” (“ee”) + “a” (“a” in “father”)
