Short tones

Short tones in Taiwanese end with h, p, t, or k sounds. In MTL the low short tones end with q, b, d, or g.

Word-final stops

Stop consonants and examples:

• h/q (Glottal stop, 開放促音): ciah, phaq (eat, hit)
• p/b (Bilabial stop, 唇上促音): zap, kab (ten, with)
• t/d (Alveolar stop, 舌前促音): zhat, pad (thief, eight)
• k/g (Velar stop, 喉頂促音): pak, pag (to lease, north)
• Note: The glottal "q" often sandhi's into shouting tone: bahzaxng

Only about 30 short-tone finals are commonly used (29 high-short and 33 low-short are counted in the Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan).

Chiok'ym

Tefym (短音^‡ short tones) / chiok'ym (促音 short tone)

• køf-chiok'ym (高促音 high, #8, 5ʔ)
• tef-chiok'ym (低促音 low, #4, 3ʔ)

See also

• Table of all finals in MTL