2.4 The /-oe-/ Finals of Cantonese

There are 3 finals that have /-oe-/:

oe

Neither Putonghua nor English has a vowel that is similar to Cantonese /-oe-/, though it is a rounded /-e-/, much like the French ‘eu’ in ‘neuf’, or a rounded British English ‘er’ in ‘her’.
For example:

hoe1 hoeng1 goek3
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