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: ui, un, uo sound like wei, wen, wo respectively.
A few tricky ones are spelled with “u” but pronounced like “ü” Finals.
(Work-in-progress)
ui | wei | un | wen | uo | wo | |
a | – | – | – | – | – | – |
b | – | – | – | – | – | – |
c | cui | its·way | cun | its·rowen | cuo | its·wore |
ch | chui | choo | chun | choo·rowen | chuo | choo·wore |
d | dui | doo | – | – | – | – |
e | – | – | – | – | – | – |
f | – | – | – | – | – | – |
g | gui | goo | gun | goo·rowen | guo | goo·wore |
h | hui | who | hun | who·rowen | huo | who·wore |
j | – | – | jun | Reference: ün | – | – |
k | kui | coo | kun | cocoon | kuo | coo·wore |
l | – | – | lun | loon | luo | loo·wore |
m | – | – | – | – | – | – |
n | – | – | nun | noon | nuo | noon·wore |
o | – | – | – | – | – | – |
p | – | – | – | – | – | – |
q | – | – | qun | Reference: ün | – | – |
r | rui | root | run | ruin | ruo | raw |
s | sui | soothe | sun | soon | suo | swore |
sh | shui | shoe | shun | shoe·rowen | shuo | shoe·wore |
t | tui | too·way | tun | toon | tuo | too·wore |
w | – | – | – | – | – | – |
x | – | – | xun | Reference: ün | – | – |
y | – | – | yun | Reference: ün | – | – |
z | zui | odds·way | zun | odds·rowen | zuo | odds·wore |
zh | zhui | june·way | zhun | june | zhuo | june·wore |
To be continued…