Pinyin Lesson 6

Compound Finals ɑn、 en、 iɑn、 in、 uɑn、 uen、 üɑn、 ün

bàn半

（ half）

sān三

（ three）

mén门

（ door）

rén人

（ person）

tiān天

（ sky）

xìn信

（ letter）

suān酸

（ sour）

• We have learned that when finals that begin with “i” are used as individual syllables, the “i” changes to “y”. So “iɑn” changes to “yɑn”.

yǎn眼

（ eye）

• If “in” is used as an individual syllable, “y” is placed in front of it. So “in” changes to “yin”.

yìn印

（ stamp）

• We have learned that when compound finals that begin with “u” are used as individual syllables, “u” changes into “w”. So “uɑn, uen” change to “wɑn, wen”.

wǎn碗

（ bowl）

wèn问

（ ask）

• The final “e” is omitted when there is an initial in front of the compound final “uen”. The tone is marked above the “u”. E.g. “l+uen”( the second tone) →“lún”

chūn春

（ spring）

• We have learned that when compound finals that begin with “ü” appear as individual syllables, the two dots above “ü” are omitted and the letter “y” is placed before the “u”.

yuǎn远

（ far）

yún云

（ cloud）