CHINESE PHONETICS - Pin Yin System
Tong Z. Chow
Introduction to Pin Yin (Spell the Sound) System:
- It is a Romanized system; namely using European letters to match the sound
of Chinese characters;
- It borrows the English 26 Alphabet with an extra letter of “ü”;
- It is organized by Vowels (called Finals) and Consonants (called Initials);
It is an easy way to type in computer keyboard to produce Chinese characters.
I. Vowels:
Vowels (Finals): (Simple 6 vowels)
A O E I U ü
Compound Vowels:
I U ü
A ia ua __
O __ uo __
E ie __ üe
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AI __ uai __
EI __ ui __
AO iao __ __
OU iu __ __
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AN ian uan üan
EN in un ün
ANG iang uang ___
ENG ing ueng ___
ONG iong
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Tong Z. Chow
Introduction to Pin Yin (Spell the Sound) System:
- It is a Romanized system; namely using European letters to match the sound
of Chinese characters;
- It borrows the English 26 Alphabet with an extra letter of “ü”;
- It is organized by Vowels (called Finals) and Consonants (called Initials);
It is an easy way to type in computer keyboard to produce Chinese characters.
I. Vowels:
Vowels (Finals): (Simple 6 vowels)
A O E I U ü
Compound Vowels:
I U ü
A ia ua __
O __ uo __
E ie __ üe
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AI __ uai __
EI __ ui __
AO iao __ __
OU iu __ __
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AN ian uan üan
EN in un ün
ANG iang uang ___
ENG ing ueng ___
ONG iong
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