Cranbourne East Secondary College Ms Wang

Tone Initial

ho

Final

Initials(1)

b d g

p m t n k h

f l

b b as in buy p p as in pork m m as in more f f as in fork d d as in dirt t t as in tea n n as in nurse l l as in leg g g as in girl k k as in Kate

Initials (2) j z q c X s
j jeep q cheese x sounds like she zh jerk ch lunch sh fish r road z reads c- students s - sea y eat w- wood

zh ch sh R (y) (w) i u

Tones on Words
First Tone Second Tone Third Tone Fourth Tone

Single Finals

- a as in father o - au as in audience e - the first a as in appear i - ea as in eat u - oo as in wood

o u

 Compound finals

ai ao ie

ei ou e

ui iu er

an ang

en eng

in ing

un ong

ai like ei eight ui wait ao out ou so iu sounds like you ie yes e yue er earth

en urn in in un uen n yun ang- aunt eng urng ing English ong wong