There are 9 finals that have /-e-/:
While Cantonese /-e-/ is usually more open than Putonghua [e], it is the same sound as ‘e’ in ‘get’ or ‘ea’ in ‘dead’. That said, the Cantonese final /-ei/ is the one exception: it is pronounced exactly like Putonghua [ei].
For example:
| 爹 | 地 | 掉 |
|---|---|---|
| de1 | dei6 | deu6 |
| 舔 | ¥ | 釘 |
|---|---|---|
| lem2 | jen1 | deng1 |
| 夾 | set | 石 |
|---|---|---|
| gep6 | set1 | sek6 |
We can see from the examples above that not only do we use [-eu -em -en -ep -ek] colloquially, but to mimic foreign words as well.