Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

66 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

1.5. Compound and nasal finals beginning with i

yA yào yG yIu yán yCn yìng yòng

jiA jiào jiB jiù jiAn jìn jìng jiIng

qià qiáo qiB qiE qián qCn qHng qióng

xià xiFo xiG xiE xiAn xCn xíng xióng

niA niFo niB niú nián nín níng

liF liFo liè liù lián lín líng

biFo bié biàn bCn bìng

piào piB piàn pHn píng

Three pronunciations of the Pinyin letter i

i after zh, ch, sh, and r

zhì chì shì rì

chízhì zhCchí shízhì rìshí

zhìchH chíchí shìchH rìzhì

zhízhì chCshí shìshí zhírì

i after z, c, and s

zì cH sì

zìcH cìsH sCzì

zìsC cHcì sHsH

zCzC cìzH sìcH

i after all other initials

bH pí dì tí

nH mì lH

jí qH xH

mínH límH bHjì

líjí jíqí tíqH

mìjí xìmì mílí