Mandarin Chinese/Pinyin/A, O, and E

There are three (3) types of vowels in Chinese- Simple, Compound, Nasal
 * Simple consists of a single vowel
 * Compound is two (2) or more
 * Nasal ends in -n or -ng

This lesson, you will learn three (3) simple finals and one (1) compound final

Simple Finals
There are six (6) vowels in Chinese: a, e, i, o, u and ü

Compound Finals
"a" and "o" can combine to form "ao"- how
 * This IS the same sound as in well known, "Ni Hao"

In Short...

 * Three types
 * Simple
 * Compound
 * Nasal
 * a is ahh
 * e is uh
 * o is oh
 * ao is ow