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Note: This list does not include syllables which carry the same romanizations,
- e.g. fan, lin, min, etc.
Major Differences
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Initials Finals Words
b p -i -ih er erh
p p' -i -(z)u he ho
d t -ie -ieh ye yeh
t t' -ian -ien yan yen
g k -ui -uei you yu
k k' -ong -ung yu yü
j ch (i) -ue -üeh
q ch'(i) -uo -o**
x hs
z ts, tz
c ts', tz'
ch ch'(a)*
zh ch (a)*
r j
*Including e, o, ou, etc. (excluding i)
**-o after b, p, m, and f, -uo after initials
***-ü the umlaut is not used in Pinyin after y,j,q, and x
General Differences
B P
ba pa pa p'a
bai pai pai p'ai
ban pan pan p'an
bang pang pang p'ang
bao pao pao p'ao
bei pei pei p'ei
ben pen pen p'en
beng peng peng p'eng
bi pi pi p'i
biao piao piao p'iao
bie pieh pie p'ieh
bian pien pian p'ien
bin pin pin p'in
bing ping ping p'ing
bo po po p'o
bu pu pou p'ou
pu p'u
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M
mian mien
mie mieh
D T
da ta ta t'a
dai tai tai t'ai
dan tan tan t'an
dang tang tang t'ang
dao tao tao t'ao
de te te t'e
dei tei tei t'ei
deng teng teng t'eng
di ti ti t'i
diao tiao tiao t'iao
die tieh tie t'ieh
dian tien tian t'ien
ding ting ting t'ing
diu tiu tiu t'iu
duo to tuo t'o
dou tou tou t'ou
du tu tu t'u
duan tuan tuan t'uan
dui tui tui t'ui
dun tun tun t'un
dong tung tong t'ung
N L
nian nien lian lien
nie nieh lie lieh
nong nung long lung
nüe nueh lue lueh
nuo no luo lo
G K
ga ka ka k'a
gai kai kai k'ai
gan kan kan k'an
gang kang kang k'ang
gao kao kao k'ao
ge ke ke k'o
gei kei kei k'ei
gen ken ken k'en
geng keng keng k'eng
ge ko
gong kung kong k'ung
gou kou kou k'ou
gu ku ku k'u
gua kua kua k'ua
guai kuai kuai k'uai
guan kuan kuan k'uan
guang kuang kuang k'uang
gui kuei kui k'uei
gun kun kun k'un
guo kuo kuo k'uo
H
he ho
hong hung
J Q
ji ch(i) qi ch'(i)
jia chia qia ch'ia
jian chien qian ch'ian
jiang chiang qiang ch'iang
jiao chiao qiao ch'iao
jie chieh qie ch'ieh
jin chin qin ch'in
jing ching qing ch'ing
jiong chiung qiong ch'iung
jiu chiu qiu ch'iu
ju chü qu ch'ü
juan chüan quan ch'üan
jue chüeh que ch'üeh
jun chün qun ch'ün
X
xi hsi
xia hsia
xiang hsiang
xiao hsiao
xie hsieh
xian hsien
xin hsin
xing hsing
xiu hsiu
xiong hsiung
xu hsü
xuan hsüan
xue hsüeh
xun hsün
ZH CH
zha cha cha ch'a
zhai chai chai ch'ai
zhan chan chan ch'an
zhang chang chang ch'ang
zhao chao chao ch'ao
zhe che che ch'e
zhei chei
zhen chen chen ch'en
zheng cheng cheng ch'eng
zhuo cho chuo ch'o
zhu chu chu ch'u
zhua chua chua ch'ua
zhuai chuai chuai ch'uai
zhuan chuan chuan ch'uan
zhuang chuang chuang ch'ang
zhui chui chui ch'ui
zhun chun chun ch'un
zhong chung chong ch'ung
zhi chih chi ch'ih
R
ran jan
rang jang
rao jao
ren jen
reng jeng
ri jih
re jo,je
rong jung
rou jou
ru ju
ruan juan
rui jui
run jun
Z C
za tsa ca ts'a
zai tsai cai ts'ai
zan tsan can ts'an
zang tsang cang ts'ang
zao tsao cao ts'ao
ze tse ce ts'e
zen tsen cen ts'en
zeng tseng ceng ts'eng
zong tsung cong ts'ung
zuo tso cuo ts'o
zi tzu ci tz'u
S
shi shih
si szu
Y
ye yeh
yue yüeh
(Sources from: http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/z/x/zxu/www/cjk/pinwj.htm)
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