Help:IPA/Mandarin

The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Standard Mandarin pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see Template:Tl, Template:IPA and Template:Section link.

See Standard Chinese phonology for more detail on the sounds of Mandarin Chinese.

Consonants IPA Pinyin Wade–Giles Bopomofo Chinese example English approximation Template:IPA link x hs Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler sheep,Template:Efn but more y-like (without lip rounding) Template:IPA link f Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler fan Template:IPA link y-/-i- Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler yes Template:IPA link g k Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler skin k k' Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler kin Template:IPA link l Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler leaf Template:IPA link m Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler moon Template:IPA link n Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler noon Template:IPA link -ng Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler song Template:IPA link b p Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler span p p' Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler pan Template:IPA linkTemplate:Efn r- j Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler pleasure, but with tongue curled or pulled back Template:IPA link s Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler same Template:IPA link sh Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler show, but without lip rounding and with tongue curled or pulled back Template:IPA link d t Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler stop t t' Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler top Template:IPA link j ch Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler cheap,Template:Efn but more y-like (without lip rounding) q ch' Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler Above, but with a strong burst of breath (aspiration) Template:IPA link z ts Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler outset c ts' Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler let's help Template:IPA link zh ch Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler cheer, but without lip rounding and with tongue curled or pulled back ch ch' Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler Above, but with a strong burst of breath (aspiration) Template:IPA link w-/-u- Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler water Template:IPA link h Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler loch (Scottish English) Template:IPA link yu-/-ü-Template:Efn yü-/-ü- Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler between wet and yet

Vowels IPA Pinyin Wade–Giles Bopomofo Chinese example English approximation Template:IPA link a cat er êrh Template:IPA link yang/-iang father Template:IPA link yan/-ian yen/-ien set yuan/-üan Template:IPA link ye/-ie, yue/-üe eh hey Template:IPA link en,Template:Efn eng ên, êng atop Template:IPA link er êrh furryTemplate:Efn Template:IPA link e ê / oTemplate:Efn between bush and but Template:IPA link yi/-i city Template:IPA link wo/-uoTemplate:Efn/-ou oTemplate:Efn ， story zhi, chi, shi, ri ih Template:Efn Below, but with tongue curled or pulled backTemplate:Efn zi, ci, si ŭ roses, cousin Template:IPA link wu/-u cool Template:IPA link -ong -ung book Template:IPA link yu/-üTemplate:Efn yü/-ü beet, but with the lips rounded as for boot Diphthongs ai time ao cow eiTemplate:Efn face ouTemplate:Efn goal Tones IPA Pinyin Wade–Giles Bopomofo Chinese example Tone number Description ā a1 Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler tone 1 high level á a2 Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler tone 2 mid rising ǎ a3 Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler tone 3 medially, low ; initially, mid falling ; finally, low rising ; in isolation, dipping à a4 Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler tone 4 high falling a a0 Template:Error-smallTemplate:Category handler tone 0 or 5 (toneless) mid after all tones but 4, where it is low Note: Pinyin uses three of the same diacritics as IPA but with different values.

See also

• Template:Clc

External links

• Chinese Phonetic Transcription Converter—Free Online Tool to convert Chinese Text to Pinyin and International Phonetic Transcription