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Finals:
The Medial and the Base
Charts
of Finals
The
Medial and the Base
Some finals have a medial
before the base. There are three medials, also called semi-vowels:
i, u, and ü.
There can be only one medial in one syllable, and not all of the three
medials can be combined with a given base.
The base may be a single vowel, a diphthong, or a nasal vowel with the
frontal nasal ending "n" or the back nasal ending "ng".
Examples:
* The Pinyin letters are to show syllabic
components only, and may not conform to spelling rules.
** Play audios to listen to each final and
its components in the first tone.
*** When pronouncing
a final with a medial, more attention should be given to the base, and
the medial should be very
brief.
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Charts of Finals
Simple
Finals:
Syllables are read from
left to right in the first tone.
The characters are for reference.
Compound
Finals:
Syllables are
read from left to right in the first tone.
The characters are for reference only.
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