MANDARIN PRONUNCIATION

Chinese pinyin index

Browse 405 base syllables covering 9,531 Chinese character entries. Open a syllable to compare tones, meanings, stroke counts, and writing guides.

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Syllables with many characters

ji148 characters →yi146 characters →yu125 characters →li119 characters →zhi111 characters →fu107 characters →jian106 characters →yan101 characters →

PRONUNCIATION GUIDES

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These pronunciation groups help you compare characters that share the same base Pinyin but use different tones, meanings, and stroke patterns.

Chinese characters with Pinyin huCompare 57 entries by tone →Chinese characters with Pinyin poCompare 18 entries by tone →Chinese characters with Pinyin xuCompare 50 entries by tone →Chinese characters with Pinyin xiCompare 100 entries by tone →Chinese characters with Pinyin qinCompare 28 entries by tone →Chinese characters with Pinyin zhaoCompare 19 entries by tone →

A–Z INDEX

All Mandarin syllables

A

a6 ai30 an24 ang5 ao28

B

ba32 bai13 ban26 bang18 bao32 bei34 ben8 beng12 bi70 bian36 biao24 bie9 bin28 bing18 bo45 bu22

C

ca2 cai16 can18 cang12 cao10 ce12 cen2 ceng5 cha28 chai9 chan44 chang39 chao15 che10 chen26 cheng33 chi48 chong16 chou25 chu45 chua1 chuai4 chuan15 chuang11 chui9 chun16 chuo12 ci24 cong21 cou5 cu11 cuan10 cui16 cun7 cuo17

D

da25 dai23 dan38 dang25 dao23 de5 deng15 di50 dia1 dian33 diao19 die20 ding22 diu3 dong26 dou17 du32 duan12 dui11 dun20 duo27

E

e48 ei2 en3 er20

F

fa15 fan33 fang20 fei35 fen27 feng31 fo1 fou2 fu107

G

ga7 gai16 gan32 gang18 gao22 ge36 gei2 gen7 geng13 gong28 gou29 gu51 gua19 guai4 guan27 guang9 gui42 gun12 guo26

H

ha3 hai12 han34 hang9 hao25 he41 hei3 hen4 heng13 hong25 hou16 hu57 hua20 huai9 huan43 huang28 hui57 hun17 huo28

J

ji148 jia49 jian106 jiang35 jiao65 jie55 jin51 jing60 jiong8 jiu35 ju72 juan17 jue40 jun22

K

ka6 kai19 kan18 kang11 kao10 ke39 kei1 ken8 keng4 kong7 kou12 ku18 kua7 kuai16 kuan6 kuang22 kui37 kun19 kuo7

L

la16 lai24 lan41 lang17 lao26 le11 lei24 leng6 li119 lia1 lian48 liang28 liao30 lie15 lin36 ling40 liu30 long30 lou21 lu73 lü36 luan20 lüe6 lun17 luo37

M

m1 ma21 mai18 man27 mang14 mao35 me1 mei30 men13 meng27 mi43 mian23 miao18 mie8 min23 ming15 miu3 mo38 mou9 mu25

N

na14 nai10 nan10 nang6 nao19 ne4 nei4 nen2 neng1 ng1 ni25 nian20 niang4 niao8 nie26 nin1 ning15 niu9 nong11 nou1 nu8 nü4 nuan1 nüe3 nuo10

O

P

pa12 pai9 pan19 pang13 pao15 pei18 pen4 peng22 pi50 pian12 piao15 pie5 pin15 ping17 po18 pou4 pu36

Q

qi96 qia5 qian66 qiang32 qiao38 qie17 qin28 qing32 qiong15 qiu26 qu46 quan30 que16 qun5

R

ran8 rang9 rao12 re3 ren23 reng2 ri1 rong21 rou7 ru24 ruan4 rui10 run4 ruo7

S

sa12 sai7 san8 sang8 sao11 se10 sen1 seng1 sha21 shai5 shan44 shang19 shao19 she25 shen37 sheng21 shi90 shou17 shu59 shua3 shuai6 shuan5 shuang9 shui8 shun5 shuo14 si41 song22 sou20 su32 suan5 sui26 sun12 suo20

T

ta21 tai24 tan39 tang29 tao27 te5 teng7 ti34 tian16 tiao17 tie9 ting22 tong25 tou8 tu20 tuan8 tui9 tun10 tuo33

W

wa15 wai4 wan34 wang20 wei83 wen29 weng10 wo23 wu74

X

xi100 xia27 xian76 xiang42 xiao43 xie54 xin20 xing25 xiong11 xiu23 xu50 xuan35 xue14 xun42

Y

ya43 yan101 yang37 yao47 ye35 yi146 yin50 ying60 yo3 yong35 you55 yu125 yuan51 yue28 yun42

Z

za10 zai12 zan14 zang9 zao21 ze18 zei4 zen3 zeng10 zha30 zhai11 zhan34 zhang29 zhao19 zhe28 zhen49 zheng31 zhi111 zhong26 zhou33 zhu66 zhua3 zhuai1 zhuan22 zhuang15 zhui15 zhun6 zhuo24 zi47 zong17 zou13 zu14 zuan6 zui9 zun6 zuo14

LEARN THE SYSTEM

How to use pinyin while learning characters

1. Find the base syllable

Start with the spelling without a tone mark, such as shi, xue, or hao.

2. Compare the tones

Notice how the tone mark changes pronunciation and separates characters with the same base syllable.

3. Open a character

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