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compound finals with ‘missng’ letters

Practice key words

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by reading along with the drill video:

• How should you pronounce “iu”? (hint: jiū, liū)

• How should you pronounce “ui”? (hint: zhūi)

• When presented with a “_un” final, how do you know when you should pronounce it as a “ün” or a “w(u)en”?

• iu (iou)

救命 jiùmìng / 秋天 qiūtiān

• ui (uei)

追女生 zhuī nǚshēng / 喝水 hē shuǐ / 吹风 chuīfēng

• un (uen)

温度 wēndù / 蹲下来 dūn xiàlai / 吞 tūn / 尊敬 zūnjìng

• ün (y-, j-, q-, x-)

熏 xūn / 军人 jūnrén

note these top tips by answering the following questions:

Pronunciation 5