Dimsum Hanyu Pinyin - Learn Mandarin Chinese

In this episode, we will learn: how to voice the nasal finals ending in “n”: an, en, uan, uen, ian, in, üan, ün; how to voice the nasal finals ending in “ng”: ang, eng, ong, uang, ueng, iang, ing, iong; the writing rule when Group 4 finals combine with the initials j, q, x; the abbreviation rule for uen; how to differentiate the finals uan and üan, and between uen and ün, when they are used with initials; the writing rule when these finals are used without initials; how to voice the retroflex final er; five new Mandarin words: Zhōngguó, Shànghǎi, Hángzhōu, xiānsheng, zàijiàn; and the possible pinyin combinations for these finals.