🎵 Cantonese Finals (韻母)

💡 What are Finals? In Cantonese, a final is the sound that follows the initial (if any). It can be a single vowel, a diphthong, or a vowel + nasal/stop consonant. Cantonese has 51 finals, grouped into: 9 single vowels, 10 diphthongs, 17 nasal-ending finals (-m, -n, -ng), 17 stop-ending finals (-p, -t, -k), and two syllabic consonants m, ng. Click 🔊 to hear each example word.