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: uan, uang sound like wan, wang respectively.
A few tricky ones are spelled with “u” but pronounced like “ü” Finals.
(Work-in-progress)
| uan | wan | uang | wang | ue | ||
| a | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| b | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| c | cuan | its·one | – | – | – | – |
| ch | chuan | choo·one | chuang | choo·swung | – | – |
| d | duan | doo·one | – | – | – | – |
| e | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| f | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| g | guan | goo·one | guang | goo·swung | – | – |
| h | huan | who·one | huang | who·swung | – | – |
| j | juan | Reference: üan | – | – | jue | Reference: üe |
| k | kuan | coo·one | kuang | coo·swung | – | – |
| l | luan | loo·one | – | – | – | – |
| m | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| n | nuan | nuance | – | – | – | – |
| o | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| p | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| q | quan | Reference: üan | – | – | que | Reference: üe |
| r | ruan | root·one | – | – | – | – |
| s | suan | soothe·one | – | – | – | – |
| sh | shuan | shoe·one | shuang | shoe·swung | – | – |
| t | tuan | two·one | – | – | – | – |
| w | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| x | xuan | Reference: üan | – | – | xue | Reference: üe |
| y | yuan | Reference: üan | – | – | yue | Reference: üe |
| z | zuan | odds·one | – | – | – | – |
| zh | zhuan | june·one | zhuang | june·swung | – | – |
To be continued…
a little daily dose 