Nasal finals - Mandarin Chinese I

In this lesson you will learn how to pronounce and use a common set of finals known as nasal finals. Since nasal finals combine a vowel with the nasal ending -n and -ng, you will use this lesson to practice and perfect these sounds.

Finals ending with n/ng are called nasal finals:

an en ang eng ong
ian iang in ing iong
uan un (uen) uang ueng
üan ün (üen)

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To produce the nasal final, first form the final vowel sound.
Then without stopping the air flow, form the ending “n”/ “ng.”
The main vowel “e” is omitted in un (un=uen)/ün(üen).

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