Chinese Phonetics
Pinyin Initials and Finals combination tables with mp3 audio
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For purpose of practicing, each syllable is pronounced in four tones, some of which are not used.
For purpose of practicing, each syllable is pronounced in four tones, some of which are not used.
- Table 1 - Combinations of initials and finals that begin with a, o or e
- Table 2 - Combinations of initials and finals that begin with i
- Table 3 - Combinations of initials and finals that begin with u or ü
Table 1 - Combinations of initials and finals that begin with
a, o or e
Table 2 - Combinations of initialsand finals
that begin with i
Finals | -i | -i | i | ia | iao | ie | io | iou | ian | in | iang | ing | iong |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initials | |||||||||||||
b | * | * | bi | * | biao | bie | * | * | bian | bin | * | bing | * |
p | * | * | pi | * | piao | pie | * | * | pian | pin | * | ping | * |
m | * | * | mi | * | miao | mie | * | miu | mian | min | * | ming | * |
f | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
d | * | * | di | * | diao | die | * | diu | dian | * | * | ding | * |
t | * | * | ti | * | tiao | tie | * | * | tian | * | * | ting | * |
n | * | * | ni | * | niao | nie | * | niu | nian | nin | niang | ning | * |
l | * | * | li | lia | liao | lie | * | liu | lian | lin | liang | ling | * |
z | zi | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
c | ci | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
s | si | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
zh | * | zhi | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
ch | * | chi | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
sh | * | shi | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
r | * | ri | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
j | * | * | ji | jia | jiao | jie | * | jiu | jian | jin | jiang | jing | jiong |
q | * | * | qi | qia | qiao | qie | * | qiu | qian | qin | qiang | qing | qiong |
x | * | * | xi | xia | xiao | xie | * | xiu | xian | xin | xiang | xiong | |
g | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
k | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
h | spelling: addition of/replacement with Y for finals beginning with i which has no initials. | ||||||||||||
* | * | Yi | Ya | Yao | Ye | Yo | You | Yan | Yin | Yang | Ying | Yong |
Table 3 - Combinations of initialsand finals that begin with
u or ü
Finals | u | ua | uo | uai | ui | uan | un [uen] |
uang | ueng | ü | üe | ü an | ü n |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initials | |||||||||||||
b | bu | * | bo | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
p | pu | * | po | spelling: uo is written as o with these 4 initials | * | * | |||||||
m | mu | * | mo | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
f | fu | * | fo | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
d | du | * | duo | * | dui | duan | dun | * | * | * | * | * | * |
t | tu | * | tuo | * | tui | tuan | tun | * | * | * | * | * | * |
n | nu | * | nuo | * | * | nuan | * | * | * | n ü | nüe | * | * |
l | lu | * | luo | * | * | luan | lun | * | * | lü | lüe | * | * |
z | zu | * | zuo | * | zui | zuan | zun | * | * | * | * | * | * |
c | cu | * | cuo | * | cui | cuan | cun | * | * | * | * | * | * |
s | su | * | suo | * | sui | suan | sun | * | * | * | * | * | * |
zh | zhu | zhua | zhuo | zhuai | zhui | zhuan | zhun | zhuang | * | * | * | * | * |
ch | chu | chua | chuo | chuai | chui | chuan | chun | chuang | * | * | * | * | * |
sh | shu | shua | shuo | shuai | shui | shuan | shun | shuang | * | * | * | * | * |
r | ru | * | ruo | * | rui | ruan | run | * | * | * | * | * | * |
j | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ju | jue | juan | jun |
q | * | * | * | * | spelling: ü is written as u | qu | que | quan | qun | ||||
x | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | xu | xue | xuan | xun |
g | gu | gua | guo | guai | gui | guan | gun | guang | * | * | * | * | * |
k | ku | kua | kuo | kuai | kui | kuan | kun | kuang | * | * | * | * | * |
h | hu | hua | huo | huai | hui | huan | hun | huang | * | * | * | * | * |
Wu | Wa | Wo | Wai | Wei | Wan | Wen | Wang | Weng | Yu | Yue | Yuan | Yun |
We like to thank John Jing-hua Yin of The university of Vermont for making this exercise possible.
See his original pinyin table
See his original pinyin table