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Mandarin Pinyin Chart

Pinyin is the romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It uses letters of the Latin alphabet to represent the sounds of Mandarin. The pinyin system includes initial consonants, vowels, tones and rules for placing tone marks. Tone marks are placed above vowels or, if no vowel, above the letter before it to indicate the four tones of Mandarin pronunciation. Pinyin helps beginners learn to pronounce Mandarin and is widely used to teach the language.

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Mandarin Pinyin Chart

Pinyin is the romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It uses letters of the Latin alphabet to represent the sounds of Mandarin. The pinyin system includes initial consonants, vowels, tones and rules for placing tone marks. Tone marks are placed above vowels or, if no vowel, above the letter before it to indicate the four tones of Mandarin pronunciation. Pinyin helps beginners learn to pronounce Mandarin and is widely used to teach the language.

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Mandarin Pinyin

Chart
• Pinyin is the standard Romanization for
Mandarin Chinese. It is used to assist
beginners to sound out the language
Pinyin Chart
Types Sounds
  bpmfdtlngkh
initials j q x zh ch sh r z c s
yw
  aoeiuü
finals ai ei ui ao ou iu ie üe er an en in un ün

üan ang eng ing ong


  zi ci si zhi chi shi ri
syllables wu yi yu ye yue yuan yin yun ying
How 4 tones are presented

Where to put the tone marks?

1. A tone mark is typically placed over a vowel: e.g.,: nǐ , wǒ

2. If you see ‘a’, don’t let it off – place the tone marker over the ‘a’

3. If there is no ‘a’, look for ‘o’ and ‘e’

4. If “i” and “u” are side by side, place it [ the tone mark] on the last one.

5. If the tone mark is above “i”, remove the dot and replace with the tone
mark

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