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Jul 17 2008

Pronouncing Chinese final vowels

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Each character in Chinese starts a consonant called an initial and ends with a vowel called a final. Overall the vowel finals are pretty easy to pronounce and there are just two or three tricky ones. The most basic vowel sounds are: a, o, e, ai, ao and ou.

A = ah

O = ouh

E = Like the e in "yes"

Ai = Like the y in "by"

Ao = Like the ou in "ouch"

Ou = Like oh in "oh my gosh"

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One Response to “Pronouncing Chinese final vowels”
  1. Lynny Bernhart says: December 2nd, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Thank you for an easy to follow way of learning Chinese (face to face). For someone that wants to learn but does not have a college near that teaches Chinese, what suggestions would you have?

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