1. Pinyin Lesson 5

2. Compound Finals uɑ、uo、uɑi、uei、üe

3. • Like i, when the initial vowel u is followed by the main vowel,
u is a transitional sound.
uā uá uǎ uà
• If there are vowels or nasal consonants after the main vowels,
they should be unstressed as well.
uāi uái uǎi uài

4. huā
花
（flower）

5. shuō
说
（say, spaek）

6. kuài
快
（fast）

7. • In pinyin orthography some vowels are omitted for the sake of
brevity, thus uei become ui.

8. duì (=duèi)
对
（correct）

9. • If there is no initial consonant before u, u is written as a semi-
vowel w. thus uɑ, uo, uɑi, become wɑ, wo, wɑi, wei

10. wà
袜
（sock）

11. wǒ
我
（I/me）

12. wài
外
（outside）

13. wèi
胃
（stomach）

14. • In üe, e is main vowel, ü is a transitional sound which is not
stressed.
• If there is no initial consonant before üe, add a y and drop the
umlaut. thus üe becomes yue.

15. yuè
月
（moon）

16. • When j, q, and x are combined with ü, the umlaut is omitted
and the ü appears as u.

17. xué (=xüé)
学
（study, learn）