147
a (a)
aay
By
(aai) aaw (au) (ai) aw (au)
aam
am
(aam) aeng (ang)
aap (aap) ack
ang (ang) ap (ap)
ak (ak)
e (e)
eng
(eng)
ek
(ek)
¡ (e)
iw (iu)
imm (im)
ing
(ing)
ip
(ip)
ik
(ik)
a (oh) oy
(oi)
ong
ok
u (oo) uy
ung
(ung)
uk
(uk)
ö (oeng)
ű (ue)
öng
(eung)
ök
(euk)
ung
ük
In the above chart, KHW finals -uy, -aeng/k, -ong/k and -üng/k have no SC homophones.
KHW -uy resembles SC -ooi, but has a short vowel instead of the long /oo/ of SC. The vowel in KHW -aeng/k is similar to the vowel in (Received Pronunciation) English man. The transcriptions -aeng/k, rather than -aang/k were chosen to illustrate this point. The vowel in KHW -ong/k is noticeably more fronted than that of SC -ong/k, with the result that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between KHW -ong/k and -ông/k. Finally, KHW -üng/k are finals similar to SC -uen/t but have a short, instead of a long, vowel and a velar, instead of a dental, final consonant. Examples of these finals are:
'fear' 'big'
'satiated'
/-a/
伯 p'al
/-aay/
* taay4
/-aaw/
I paaw3
/-aam/
saam1
'three'
/-aeng/
生 saeng1
'raw'
/-aap/
# tyaap4
'diverse'
/-aek/
辣 laek4
'pepper-hot'
/-ay/
米 may1
'rice'
/-aw/
好 haw3
'good'
/-am/
心 sam1
'heart'
/-ang/
新 sang1
'new'
/-ap/
入 yap4
'enter'
/-ak/
☐ yak4
'day'
/-e/
蛇 se2
/-eng/
病 peng4
'snake'
'sick'
/-ek/
吃 hek3
'eat'