Lesson Two Vowels with the Back Nasal

 

Chinese Pinyin 

Back Nasal

 

Description

Similar English Sound

 

 

ng

Mouth:

It is open.

Tongue:

The tongue bottom should touch the  soft palate, and

the air flows from the nasal cavity.

lips

They are open.

Similar to ng in king, bang, hang

( “g” is not pronounced.)

 

Chinese

Pinyin

Description

Similar English Sound

 

 

ang

Read the “a “ and ng quickly and sound ang.

 

 

āng áng ǎng àng

 

Similar to ong in long, Hong, Kong

 

 

Chinese

Pinyin

Description

Similar English Sound

 

 

eng

Read e and ng quickly and sound eng.

 

 

 ēng éng ěng èng

 

Similar to ung in lung

 

 

 

Chinese

Pinyin

Description

Similar English Sound

 

 

ong

 

 

 

Read o and ng quickly and sound ong.

 

 

 ōng óng ǒng òng

No Similar English sound but very close to “o” in mode plus ng