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
How to pronounce “ü”?
With lips puckered { } , try to enunciate y~e~e over three seconds……
repeat a few times and keep the gap in between your lips as small as possible.
Now, say {yee}, lips still puckered!
Interesting note: ü, üan, üe, ün, sound like yu, yuan, yue, yun respectively.
Only lü, lüe, nü and nüe are spelt with “ü” Finals.
A few tricky ones are pronounced like “ü” but spelled with “u” Finals.
(Work-in-progress)
| ü | yu | üan | yuan | üe | yue | ün | yun | |
| a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| b | – | – | ||||||
| c | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ch | qu | – | quan | – | que | – | qun | – |
| d | – | – | – | – | ||||
| e | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| f | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| g | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| h | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| j | ju | j·{yee} | juan | j·{yee}·when | jue | j·{yee}·wear | jun | j·{yee}·win |
| k | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| l | lü | l·{yee} | – | – | lüe | l·{yee}·wear | – | – |
| m | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| n | nü | n·{yee} | – | – | nüe | n·{yee}·wear | – | – |
| o | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| p | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| q | qu | ch·{yee} | quan | ch·{yee}·when | que | ch·{yee}·wear | qun | ch·{yee}·win |
| r | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| s | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| sh | xu | – | xuan | – | xue | – | xun | – |
| t | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| w | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| x | xu | sh·{yee} | xuan | sh·{yee}·when | xue | sh·{yee}·wear | xun | sh·{yee}·win |
| y | yu | {yee} | yuan | {yee}·when | yue | {yee}·wear | yun | {yee}·win |
| z | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| zh | ju | – | juan | – | jue | – | jun | – |
To be continued…
a little daily dose 