Groups

There are five groups with the end sound “g” and five groups with the end sound “n”. In the following page these groups will be read in the first tone. The first tone is like singing a sustained note. Please listen and repeat after me.

Say ā and touch your soft palate with the back of your tongue. āng=a+ng

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Say ō and touch your soft palate with the back of your tongue. ōng=o+ng  

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Say ī and touch your soft palate with the back of your tongue. īng=i+ng

If a word beings with i the written from is y, so ing would be written ying but still pronounced ing.

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Say uā and touch your soft palate with the back of your tongue. uāng=ua+ng

If a word beings with u the written from is w, so uang would be written wang but still pronounced uang.

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Keep saying the æ sound, then touch the front of your hard palate with the tip of your tongue.

ān=æ+n  

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Keep saying the ē sound, then touch front of your hard palate with the tip of your tongue.

ēn=e+n

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If a word beings with i the written from is y, so in would be written yin but still pronounced in.

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If a word beings with u the written from is w, so un (uen) would be written wen but still pronounced un (uen).

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If a word beings with ü the written from is yu, so ün would be written yun but still pronounced ün.

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