Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

14 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

Finals

Here is a table of Mandarin finals highlighting the finals that are introduced in Lessons 1
and 2.

Finals that 

begin with: and end with a vowel: and end with n: and end with ng: and end with r:

a a, ai, ao an ang

e e, ei en eng er

o (o), ou ong

i i, ia, iao, ie, iu/iou ian, in iang, ing, iong

ü ü, üe üan, ün

u u, ua, uai, ui/uei, uo uan, uen uang, ueng

In this lesson we focus on the pronunciation of the finals that occur in the vocabulary
introduced in Lessons 1 and 2.

Each final is followed by illustrative words. Listen to the recording and repeat each word
aloud. Notice that i has a very different pronunciation depending upon the consonant that
precedes it. We will focus on the pronunciation of i in Lesson 5.

a tA, ma, tAmen, nF, nF(guó)

e Dé(guó), Dé(guó rén), ne

i nH, nHmen, shì

u bù

ao GAo, hFo, lFo(shC)

ei MGi(guó), MGi(guó rén)

iao xiFo

ie yG

ou dDu

üe xué(sheng)

ui duì

uo wI, wImen, guó, (Dé)guó, (FF)guó, (MGi)guó, (YCng)guó,

(ZhDng)guó

an (dAng)rán

en rén, (wI)men, (nH)men, (tA)men, Chén

uen wèn