This pinyin table is a complete listing of all Hanyu Pinyin syllables used in Standard Chinese. Each syllable in a cell is composed of an initial (columns) and a final (rows). An empty cell indicates that the corresponding syllable does not exist in Standard Chinese.
The below table indicates possible combinations of initials and finals in Standard Chinese, but does not indicate tones, which are equally important to the proper pronunciation of Chinese. Although some initial-final combinations have some syllables using each of the four different tones, most do not. Some utilize only one tone.
Pinyin entries in this page can be compared to syllables using the (unromanized) Zhuyin phonetic system in the Zhuyin table page.
Finals are grouped into subsets a, i, u and ü.
i, u and ü groupings indicate a combination of those finals with finals from Group a. Certain combinations are treated in a special way: GroupSpecial combinationii + ê = ie i + ou = iu i + en = in i + eng = ing u u + ei = ui u + en = un u + eng = ong ü ü + ê = üe ü + en = ün ü + eng = iong
Most syllables are a combination of an initial and a final. However, some syllables have no initials. This is shown in Pinyin as follows: if the syllable begins with an i, it is replaced with a y if the syllable begins with an u, it is replaced with a w if the syllable begins with an ü, it is replaced with yu exceptions to the rules above are indicated by yellow in the table's no initial column:
Note that the y, w, and yu replacements above do not change the pronunciation of the final in the final-only syllable. They are used to avoid ambiguity when writing words in pinyin. For example, instead of: "uan" and "ian" forming "uanian", which could be interpreted as: "uan-ian" "uan-i-an" or "u-an-i-an" the syllables are instead written "wan" and "yan", which results in the more distinct "wanyan".
There are discrepancies between the Bopomofo tables and the pinyin table due to some minor differences between the Mainland standard, putonghua, and the Taiwanese standard, guoyu, in the standard readings of characters. For example, the variant sounds (ruá; ), (dèn; ), (tēi; ) are not used in guoyu. Likewise the variant sound (lüán; ) is not recognized in putonghua, or it is folded into (luán; ). A few readings reflect a Standard Chinese approximation of a regionalism that is otherwise never encountered in either putonghua or guoyu. For instance, (fiào; ) is a borrowing from Shanghainese (and other dialects of Wu Chinese) that are commonly used, and are thus included in most large dictionaries, even though it is usually labeled as a nonstandard regionalism (, short for (topolect)), with the local reading viau [vjɔ], which is approximated in Standard Chinese as fiào.
Overall table Syllables in italics are considered nonstandard, and only exist in the form of regionalisms, neologisms or slang. Pinyin table Initials Pinyin table ∅ b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s GroupaFinals ∅ zhi chi shi ri zi ci si ∅ GroupaFinals a a ba pa ma fa da ta na la ga ka ha zha cha sha za ca sa a o o lo o e e me de te ne le ge ke he zhe che she re ze ce se e ê ê ê ai ai bai pai mai fai dai tai nai lai gai kai hai zhai chai shai zai cai sai ai ei ei bei pei mei fei dei tei nei lei gei keiSee http://research.chtsai.org/papers/pinyin-xref.html hei zhei shei zei cei sei ei ao ao bao pao mao dao tao nao lao gao kao hao zhao chao shao rao zao cao sao ao ou ou pou mou fou dou tou nou lou gou kou hou zhou chou shou rou zou cou sou ou an an ban pan man fan dan tan nan lan gan kan han zhan chan shan ran zan can san an en en ben pen men fen den nen len gen ken hen zhen chen shen ren zen cen sen en ang ang bang pang mang fang dang tang nang lang gang kang hang zhang chang shang rang zang cang sang ang eng eng beng peng meng feng deng teng neng leng geng keng heng zheng cheng sheng reng zeng ceng seng eng er er er GroupiFinals i yi bi pi mi di ti ni li ji qi xi i GroupiFinals ia ya pia dia nia lia jia qia xia ia io yo io ie(iê) ye bie pie mie die tie nie lie jie qie xie ie(iê) iai yai iai iao yao biao piao miao fiao diao tiao niao liao jiao qiao xiao iao iu(iou) you miu diu niu liu kiu jiu qiu xiu iu(iou) ian yan bian pian mian dian tian nian lian jian qian xian ian in(ien) yin bin pin min din nin lin gin jin qin xin in(ien) iang yang biang diang niang liang kiang jiang qiang xiang iang ing(ieng) ying bing ping ming ding ting ning ling ging jing qing xing ing(ieng) GroupuFinals u wu bu pu mu fu du tu nu lu gu ku hu zhu chu shu ru zu cu su u GroupuFinals ua wa gua kua hua zhua chua shua rua ua uo wo bo po mo fo duo tuo nuo luo guo kuo huo zhuo chuo shuo ruo zuo cuo suo uo uai wai guai kuai huai zhuai chuai shuai uai ui(uei) wei dui tui nui gui kui hui zhui chui shui rui zui cui sui ui(uei) uan wan duan tuan nuan luan guan kuan huan zhuan chuan shuan ruan zuan cuan suan uan un(uen) wen pun dun tun nun lun gun kun hun zhun chun shun run zun cun sun un(uen) uang wang duang guang kuang huang zhuang chuang shuang uang ong(ueng) weng dong tong nong long gong kong hong zhong chong rong zong cong song ong(ueng) ong GroupüFinals ü yu nü lü ju qu xu ü GroupüFinals üe(üê) yue nüe lüe jue que xue üe(üê) üan yuan lüan juan quan xuan üan ün(üen) yun lün jun qun xun ün(üen) iong(üeng) yong jiong qiong xiong iong(üeng) Pinyin table ∅ b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s Pinyin table Initials
Color Legend: {|class=wikitable |width=200 style="background:#EAECF0;" | "regular" initial or final Final is in Group a or is a direct combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final |width=200 style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Final of i, u, ü group is a modified combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final |width=200| syllable is direct combination of initial and final (or follows rules for no-initial syllables outlined at the top of the page) |width=200 style="background:#FFFFCC;" | syllable is modified combination of initial and final
There are also a very small number of syllables consisting only of consonants: m (呣), n (嗯), ng (嗯), hm (噷), hng (哼).
Erhua contraction Additional syllables in pinyin exist to represent the erhua phenomenon by combining the affected syllable with an -r ending, rather than transcribing 兒/儿 as a separate ér syllable. This can be seen as analogous to certain contractions in English such as "they're" in place of "they are".
Original characters 那裡、那里 人緣、人缘 兒媳婦、儿媳妇 Original pinyin nàli rényuán érxífu Erhua characters 那兒、那儿 人緣兒、人缘儿 兒媳婦兒、儿媳妇儿 Erhua pinyin nàr rényuánr érxífur
See also Wade–Giles table Palladius table Zhuyin table Cyrillization of Chinese Comparison of Chinese transcription systems
Notes
External links Standard Mandarin Pinyin Table The complete listing of all Pinyin syllables used in Standard Chinese, along with native speaker pronunciation for each syllable. Pinyin table Pinyin table, syllables are pronounced in all four tones. Pinyin Chart for Web Pinyin Chart for Web, every available tones in the Chinese language included. Pinyin Chart for iPad Pinyin Chart app for iPad, every available tone in the Chinese language included. Pinyin Chart for iPhone Pinyin Chart app for iPhone, every available tones in the Chinese language included. Pinyin Table for Android Pinyin Table for Android, every available tones in the Chinese language included.