Saturday, January 30, 2010

Mandarin Phonetic Transcription System

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Mandarin syllables are divided into two major elements: consonants and vowels.


聲母
CONSONANT
(INITIAL)
    
B P M F
D T N L









G K H

J Q X








ZH CH SH R Z C S









Y W Yu




Most syllables are made up of a consonant plus a vowel but all the vowels can stand alone as can some of the consonants.

韻母
VOWEL
(FINAL)

A O E E
AI EI AO OU










AN EN ANG ENGER
I U V
(or ü)










The last 3 vowels, ㄧ(I), ㄨ(U), and ㄩ(V or ü), can each be combined with another vowel to form a combined vowel as follows:

合併韻母
COMBINED VOWEL
(COMBINED FINAL)
Combination ㄧ(I) ㄨ(U)
(V or ü)
+ㄚ(A)IAUA




+ㄛ(O)
UO




+ㄜ(E)






+ㄝ(E)IE
UE




+ㄞ(AI)
UAI




+ㄟ(EI)
UI




+ㄠ(AO)IAO





+ㄡ(OU)IU





+ㄢ(AN)IANUANUAN




+ㄣ(EN)INUNUN




+ㄤ(ANG)IANGUANG




+ㄥ(ENG)INGONGIONG




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