Compound Finals in Pinyin

 

DIPHTHONG/TRIPHTHONG FINALS

 

Vowel
+
Vowel/
Diphthong
=
Diphthong/Triphthong
>
w/Initial
a
+
i
=
ai
 
 
dai
a
+
o
=
ao
 
 
dao
o
+
u
=
ou
 
 
dou
e
+
i
=
ei
 
 
dei
i
[yi]*
+
a
=
ia
[ya]*
 
 
jia
i
+
e
=
ie
[ye]
 
 
jie
i
+
ou
=
i(o)u**
[you]
 
 
jiu
i
+
ao
=
iao
[yao]
 
 
jiao
 
u
[wu]
+
a
=
ua
[wa]
 
 
gua
u
+
o
=
uo
[wo]
 
 
guo
u
+
ei
=
u(e)i
[wei]
 
 
gui
u
+
ai
=
uai
[wai]
 
 
guai
 
ü
[yu]
+
e
=
üe
[yue]
 
 
jue

Diphthongs and Triphthongs are generally the sum of their combined vowels, except for the vowels in red.

*Brackets [ ] indicate the spelling of the syllable when there is no initial consonant.

**Parentheses () indicate that a vowel letter has been omitted.

 

 

NASAL FINALS

 

Vowel + Nasal =

Nasal Final

[Syllabel w/o Initial]

 > Syllable w/Initial
a
+
n
=
an
 
lan
e
+
n
=
en
 
men
a
+
ng
=
ang
 
mang
e
+
ng
=
eng
 
leng
o
+
ng
=
ong
 
long
i
[yi]
+
an
=
ian
[yan]
 
mian
i
+
en
=
i(e)n
[yin]
 
min
i
+
ang
=
iang
[yang]
 
xiang
i
+
eng
=
i(e)ng
[ying]
 
xing
i
+
ong
=
iong
[yong]
 
xiong
u
[wu]
+
an
=
uan
[wan]
 
luan
ü
[yu]
+
an
=
üan
[yuan]
 
xuan
u
[wu]
+
en
=
u(e)n
[wen]
 
lun
ü
[yu]
+
en
=
ü(e)n
[yun]
 
xun
u
[wu]
+
ang
=
uang
[wang]
 
zhuang
u
+
eng
=
ueng
[weng]