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Pinyin

Pinyin is the romanisation of Chinese sounds. Pick an initial and a final, choose a tone, and hear it.

Initial (声母 shēngmǔ)

Final (韵母 yùnmǔ)

Tones

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Machine voices vary in tone accuracy — use this to train your ear, and check against a native speaker when you can.

Initial (声母 shēngmǔ)

PinyinIPA
b[p]八 bā
p[pʰ]趴 pā
m[m]妈 mā
f[f]发 fā
d[t]搭 dā
t[tʰ]他 tā
n[n]拿 ná
l[l]拉 lā
g[k]哥 gē
k[kʰ]科 kē
h[x]喝 hē
j[tɕ]鸡 jī
q[tɕʰ]七 qī
x[ɕ]西 xī
zh[ʈʂ]知 zhī
ch[ʈʂʰ]吃 chī
sh[ʂ]十 shí
r[ʐ]日 rì
z[ts]资 zī
c[tsʰ]疵 cī
s[s]思 sī
y[j]衣 yī
w[w]屋 wū

Final (韵母 yùnmǔ)

PinyinIPA
a[a]啊 ā
o[o]哦 ó
e[ɤ]鹅 é
i[i]衣 yī
u[u]屋 wū
ü[y]鱼 yú
ai[aɪ]爱 ài
ei[eɪ]诶 èi
ao[ɑʊ]奥 ào
ou[oʊ]欧 ōu
an[an]安 ān
en[ən]恩 ēn
in[in]因 yīn
un[un]温 wēn
ün[yn]云 yún
ang[ɑŋ]昂 áng
eng[əŋ]鞥 ēng
ing[iŋ]英 yīng
ong[ʊŋ]轰 hōng
er[ɚ]儿 ér
ia[ja]呀 yā
ie[je]耶 yē
iao[jɑʊ]要 yào
iu[joʊ]优 yōu
ian[jɛn]烟 yān
iang[jɑŋ]央 yāng
iong[jʊŋ]拥 yōng
ua[wa]蛙 wā
uo[wo]窝 wō
uai[waɪ]外 wài
ui[weɪ]威 wēi
uan[wan]弯 wān
uang[wɑŋ]汪 wāng
ueng[wəŋ]翁 wēng
üan[ɥɛn]渊 yuān
üe[ɥe]月 yuè