6. The Finals Ending with -p

	aa	a	e	i	o	u	eo	oe	yu
-p	aap	ap	ep	ip
IPA	[a:p̚ ]	[ɐp̚ ]	[ɛːp̚ ]	[iːp̚ ]

Note that the final ep only appears in very few words.

Step 1 Listen to the finals ending with -p.

Step 2 Listen and repeat.

Practice Practice saying the syllables with the finals ending with -p. Listen and repeat.

💡 Tips

If a syllable has a final ending with -p, -t or -k, the tone of that syllable will generally be a level tone (Tone 1, Tone 3 or Tone 6). There are only very few exceptions.

The Final aap

d ‒ aap ‒ daap1
t ‒ aap ‒ taap3
c ‒ aap ‒ caap3
h ‒ aap ‒ haap6
z ‒ aap ‒ zaap6

The Final ap

s ‒ ap ‒ sap1
z ‒ ap ‒ zap1
n ‒ ap ‒ nap1
h ‒ ap ‒ hap6
j ‒ ap ‒ jap6

The Final ep

g ‒ ep ‒ gep6

The Final ip

g ‒ ip ‒ gip1
d ‒ ip ‒ dip2
s ‒ ip ‒ sip3
l ‒ ip ‒ lip6
j ‒ ip ‒ jip6