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HanYu PinYin Initials

b bus l lie zh(i) dress

p pub g god ch(i) train

m mom k kite sh(i) shoe

f fun h happy r red

d day j z kids

t tea q c cats

n not x s say

HanYu PinYin Medials

yi/-i eat wu/-u true yu/-u/ü

HanYu PinYin Finals

a far ai like an fun

o ball ei may en London

e today ao how ang

ê bed ou know eng

er turtle

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HanYu PinYin Combination Finals (Medials＋Finals)

Medials i u ü
Finals

a ya/-ia wa/-ua

o wo/-uo

e
ê ye/-ie yue/- ue

ai wai/-uai

ei wei/-ui
＊

ao yao/-iao

ou you/-iu
＊

an yan/-ian wan/-uan yuan/-uan

en yin/-in wen/-un
＊ ＊
yun/-un

ang yang/-iang wang/-uang

eng ying/-ing weng/-ong yong/-iong

＊ ＊ ＊

Basic HanYu PinYin Rules

 Abbreviations
When there are initials before iou, uei and uen, they will be shortened.

iou  iu uei  ui uen  un

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 Sound Transformations
ien  in ieng  ing ueng  ong üeng  iong

 Usage of PinYin medials

When there are no initials before finals starting with i, u, but there are
other vowels after them:
(1) i shall be changed to y. (2) u shall be changed to w.

ia  ya ie  ye iao  yao iou  you

ian  yan iang  yang iong  yong

ua  wa uo  wo uai  wai uei  wei

uan  wan uen  wen uang  wang ueng  weng

When there are neither initials before nor vowels after finals starting with
i, u :
(1) y shall be added as the initial. (2) w shall be added as the initial.

i  yi in  yin ing  ying u  wu

When there are no initials before finals starting with ü , no matter if there
is a vowel after ü or not, ü shall be changed to yu.

ü  yu üe  yue üan  yuan ün  yun

 Attention
When initials other than n and l precede the final ü , ü changes into u.

＊
nü  nü ＊
lü  lü jü  ju qü  qu xü  xu

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