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Pinyin Basics
Fake Initials
Treatment of ü
Vowel Shortening 
Tone Mark Rules

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Pinyin Charts

Traditional Chart 

Modernized Charts:
Syllables Without Glides
Syllables With Glide i
Syllables With Glide u
Syllables With Glide ü

Initial + u + Final

The {u} represents a w-glide.

Choose Tone: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (neutral)
IPA   ʷa ʷaɪ ʷan ʷɑŋ ʷɔ ʷei ʷən
  Pinyin ua uai uan uang o/uo ui un
b         bo    


p         po    
m
m         mo    
f
f         fo    
t
d     duan   duo dui dun

t     tuan   tuo tui tun
n
n     nuan   nuo    
l
l     luan   luo   lun
k
g gua guai guan guang guo gui gun

k kua kuai kuan kuang kuo kui kun
x
h hua huai huan huang huo hui hun
ʈʂ
zh zhua zhuai zhuan zhuang zhuo zhui zhun
ʈʂʰ
ch chua chuai chuan chuang chuo chui chun
ʂ
sh shua shuai shuan shuang shuo shui shun
ʐ
r     ruan   ruo rui run
ts
z     zuan   zuo zui zun
tsʰ
c     cuan   cuo cui cun
s s     suan   suo sui sun
w w wa wai wan wang wo wei wen

 

Special Spelling Exceptions
Vowel Omission

{bo, po, mo, fo} are actually pronounced like they end in {uo}

All the words ending in {ui} are actually pronounced like they end in {uei}
All the words ending in {un} are actually pronounced like they end in {uen}

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