Initials are bold / Finals are underlined / Suggested English words are highlighted – sometimes, two words are used with a dot ( · ) in-between, to be read as one / Italic characters are meant to be silent
Interesting note: i, ia, ian, iang, iao sound like yi, ya, yan, yang, yao respectively.
(Work-in-progress)
i | yi | ia | ya | ian | yan | iang | yang | iao | yao | |
a | ai | reference “ai” | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
b | bi | bee | – | – | bian | bee·yen | – | – | biao | bee·yow |
c | ci | its | qia | – | qian | – | qiang | – | qiao | – |
ch | chi | inch | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
d | di | dee | dia | dee·yah | dian | dee·yen | – | – | diao | dee·yow |
e | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
f | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
g | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
h | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
j | ji | odds·eek | jia | odds·yah | jian | odds·yen | jiang | odds·young | jiao | odds·yow |
k | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
l | li | lee | lia | lee·yah | lian | lee·yen | liang | lee·young | liao | lee·yow |
m | mi | me | – | – | mian | me·yen | miang | me·young | miao | me·yow |
n | ni | knee | – | – | nian | knee·yen | niang | knee·young | niao | knee·yow |
o | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
p | pi | pee | – | – | pian | pee·yen | – | – | piao | pee·yow |
q | qi | its·eek | qia | its·yah | qian | its·yen | qiang | its·young | qiao | its·yow |
r | ri | rude | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
s | si | hiss | xia | – | xian | – | xiang | – | xiao | – |
sh | shi | shirt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
t | ti | tea | – | – | tian | tea·yen | – | – | tiao | tea·yow |
w | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
x | xi | see | xia | see·yah | xian | see·yen | xiang | see·young | xiao | see·yow |
y | iyi | eek | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
z | zi | odds | jia | – | jian | – | jiang | – | jiao | – |
zh | zhi | june | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
To be continued…