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…
a little daily dose 