Thursday, 11 April 2013

Chinese Vowel a e i o u (1)




Pinyin
Explanation
-i
[ɨ]
(n/a)
-i follows z-, c-, s-, zh-, ch-, sh- or r-.
a
[ɑ]
a
as in "fat"
e
[ə]
e
  the unstressed syllables in Chinese use the schwa [ə] .
ai
[aɪ̯]
ai
as in "eye", but a bit lighter
ei
[eɪ̯]
ei
as in "cake"
ao
[ɑʊ̯]
ao
 as in "allow"
ou
[ɤʊ̯]
ou
as in "so"
an
[an]
an
as in "ban"
en
[ən]
en
as in "taken"
ang
[ɑŋ]
ang
as in "sang"
eng
[əŋ]
eng
It sounds like en without nasal voice, and the sound is ended with the top of the tongue located at the back of the bottom teeth.
er
[ɑɻ]
er
as in "earn"

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