Pinyin Mandarin
Pinyin Table of Chinese Phonetic Symbols
The pinyin table below shows the finals and initials pinyin Mandarin, a chinese phonetic notation system.
Pinyin is a system of Romanization of Mandarin sounds, i.e. Chinese phonetics. It is sometime conveniently known as Chinese symbols or Chinese alphabet.
You may find out how each of Chinese pinyin symbols looks and sounds like by watching the video tutorial, while referring to the table:
Quick Guide to Pinyin Mandarin
For Print-friendly Pinyin Table, click here.
Finals
|
i |
u |
ü |
a |
ia (ya) |
ua (wa) |
|
o |
|
uo (wo) |
|
e |
ie (ye) |
|
üe (yue) |
ai |
|
uai (wai) |
|
ei |
|
uei (wei) |
|
ao |
iao (yao) |
|
|
ou |
iou (you) |
|
|
an |
ian (yan) |
uan (wan) |
üan (yuan) |
en |
in (yin) |
uen (wen) |
ün (yun) |
ang |
iang (yang) |
uang (wang) |
|
eng |
ing (ying) |
ueng (weng) |
|
ong |
iong (yong) |
|
|
er |
|
|
|
* 3 additional finals are not in the table.
Initials
b |
p |
m |
f |
d |
t |
n |
l |
g |
k |
h |
|
j |
q |
x |
|
z |
c |
s |
|
zh |
ch |
sh |
r |
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