This section takes a closer look at the pronunciation of finals based around the vowel e. They are e, ei, en, eng and er. These finals can all appear as syllables on their own. They also appear in combination with most initials except for j,q,x.

The table below shows all combinations. Click on an entry to hear an example (using first tone).

b		bei	ben	beng
p		pei	pen	peng
m	me	mei	men	meng
f	fo	fei	fen	feng
d	de	dei		deng
t	te			teng
n	ne	nei	nen	neng
l	le	lei		leng
g	ge	gei	gen	geng
k	ke		ken	keng
h	he	hei	hen	heng
zh	zhe	zhei	zhen	zheng
ch	che		chen	cheng
sh	she	shei	shen	sheng
r	re		ren	reng
z	ze	zei	zen	zeng
c	ce		cen	ceng
s	se		sen	seng
w*		wei	wen	weng

N.B. w is not proper initial. It is considered the initial part of the final -uei and -uen but are written as wei, wen and weng. u is called a medial that precede the central vowel e.