How to pronounce the initials and finals in Pinyin?
Chinese syllables consist of initials and finals, which are made up of 26 letters, sometimes only one and occasionally a few.

There are 26 letters in Chinese Pinyin that are important: o, e, I u, b, p, m, f, d, t, n, l, k, h, j, q, x, z, c, s, r, y, w. Moreover, there are some finals that already is a complete syllable which is called the Whole-Syllables.

It's easy to learn how to pronounce it as they are similar to English pronunciation. But there is one tricky final which you can find out later!

Let’s take a look at the tables below.

INITIAL
b	p	m	f
d	t	n	l
g	k	h	j
q	x	zh	ch
sh	r	z	c
s	y	w

FINAL
a	o	e	i
u	ü	ai	ei
ui	ao	ou	iu
ie	üe	er	an
en	in	un	ün
ang	eng	ing	ong

Let's take a look and listen to the Whole-Syllable. Some of the whole-syllable has similar pronunciation with the Initial or Final.

WHOLE SYLLABLE
zhi	chi	shi	ri
zi	ci	si	wu
yi	yü	ye	yüe
yuan	yin	yün	ying

Although pinyin employs the same letters as English words, the sounds represented by those letters are Mandarin Chinese. As a result, some letters may not deliver the expected sounds. It is critical that you recognize and respond to how those letters of pinyin are pronounced.