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Pinyin Initials and Finals combination tables with mp3 audio

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  • 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

Finals a o e ê er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong
Initials                            
b ba * * * * bai bei bao * ban ben bang beng *
pa * * * * pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng *
m ma * me * * mai mei mao mou man men mang meng *
f fa * * * * * fei * fou fan fen fang feng *
d da * de * * dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong
t ta * te * * tai * tao tou tan * tang teng tong
n na * ne * * nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong
l la lo le * * lai lei lao lou lan * lang leng long
z za * ze * * zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong
c ca * ce * * cai cei cao cou can cen cang ceng cong
s sa * se * * sai * sao sou san sen sang seng song
zh zha * zhe * * zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong
ch cha * che * * chai * chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong
sh sha * she * * shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng *
r * * re * * * * rao rou ran ren rang reng rong
j * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
q * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
x * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
g ga * ge * * gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong
k ka * ke * * kai * kao kou kan ken kang keng kong
h ha * he * * hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong
a o e ê er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng *

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 xing 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 * * 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