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…