Eight Chinese phonetic alphabet and the IPA table

Eight Chinese phonet ic alphabet and t he IPA t able

Tone

fir s t sound [yīn píng] 阴平

high and level t one, t he fir s t of t he four t ones in m odern st andar d

Chinese pr onunciat ion

e.g : 开k ai心xin =happy

second sound [yáng píng] 阳平

r ising t one

e.g: 谁shui =who

third sound [zè shēng]仄声

oblique t ones

e.g 我wo =I

fourth sound [qùshēng] 去声

falling t one

e.g 爱ai=love

声母表Initials

Single v owel t able (t he vowel is used alone or wit h only aft er t he con sonant)

单韵母表（以下韵母为单用或只跟在辅音后）

Vowel 1

No t e:

①Pinyin som e abbr eviat ed form of t he conver sion should pay special att ention should be r est o r ed t o full fo rm. Such as: ui is uei abbr eviat ion, un is t he abbr eviat ion uen, ü in t he j, q, x and y aft er writing u.

②childr en m arkup: ɹ wr itt en in t he syllable at t he end, befor e t he

tr ansfer value.

③v owel phonet ic mnem onic strict style (only for which t he

corr esponding alphabet).

a Ther e ar e five of t he sam e phonem e: wit h [a]: ai, an, ia; wit h [Ą]: wit h or aft er t he consonant s alone; wit h [ɑ]: ang, iang, uang, ao, iao, ua; wit h [æ]: ian and and yan; wit h [ɐ]: child of;

o t he special st andar d m et hod: [uŋ]: ong; [yŋ]: iong;

e o

f t he sam e phonem e ar e four kinds: wit h [ɣ]: wit h or aft er t he

con sonant s alone; wit h [e]: ei, ui; wit h [ɛ]: ie, üe;

Wit h [ə]: en, eng, un, ueng, er;

i have t hr ee of t he sam e phonem e: The [ɿ]: wit h t he z, c, s lat er; wit h [ʅ]: wit h t he zh, ch, sh, r i aft er; use [i]: aft er with t he ot her consonant s.