1. Pinyin Lesson 6

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

3. bàn
半
（half）

4. sān
三
（three）

5. mén
门
（door）

6. rén
人
（person）

7. tiān
天
（sky）

8. xìn
信
（letter）

9. suān
酸
（sour）

10. • 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”.

11. yǎn
眼
（eye）

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

13. yìn
印
（stamp）

14. • 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”.

15. wǎn
碗
（bowl）

16. wèn
问
（ask）

17. • 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”

18. chūn
春
（spring）

19. • 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”.

20. yuǎn
远
（far）

21. yún
云
（cloud）