Finals
In modern Chinese, there are 38 finals besides the above-represented 21 initials.| i | u | ü | |
| a | ia | ua | |
| o | uo | üe | |
| e | ie | ||
| er | |||
| ai | uai | ||
| ei | uei (ui) | ||
| ao | iao | ||
| ou | iou (iu) | ||
| an | ian | uan | üan |
| en | in | uen (un) | üen |
| ang | iang | uang | |
| eng | ieng | ueng | |
| ong | iong |
- ie like "ye" in "yes"
- e like "e" in "her"
- er like "er" in "sister" (american pronounciation)
- ai like "y" in "by" (light)
- ei like "ay" in "bay"
- ou like "o" in "go"
- an like "an" in "can" (without stressing the "n")
- -ng (final) a nasalized soung like the "ng" in "bang" without pronouncing the "g"
- uei, uen and iou when preceded by an initial, are written as ui, un and iu respectivly.
Here are the final tones as well, these combined with initial tones allow for the creation of simple words and phrases.
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