Pinyin Chart

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394 syllables · 1,066 toned forms with an example character · tap a syllable to hear it

Finals with a, o, e, and -i

Initial-iaoeaieiaoouanenangengonger
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c
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Finals with i

Initialiiaieiaoiuianiniangingiong
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l
j
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x

Finals with u

Initialuuauouaiuiuanunuangueng
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Finals with ü

Initialüüeüanün
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n
l
j
q
x

Each example is the character used most often with that reading in common words. That is why bǎ is 把 but bà is 爸 (from 爸爸): 把 can also be read bà, but only in rare words. Syllables found only in rare characters, such as den, nou and rua, are left out, and a tone is missing when no common character has it.

How each initial and final is said, and the spelling rules for y, w and ü: Pinyin initials and finals.

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