Mandarin Chinese Initial and Finals: Table 3

This is the third of four tables illustrating which pairings of initials and finals do occur in Mandarin Chinese and, by omission, which do not.

The initial b, for instance, may be paired with a, but not with e, since bais a sound in Mandarin Chinese, whilebe is not.

By the way, don’t let the great number of sounds you see represented here alarm you. The majority of these are seldom used.

Table 3: initials leftfinalsuueng topuuauouaiueiuanuenuanguengbbu........ppu        mmu        ffu        ddu  duo duiduandun  ttu tuo tuituantun  nnu nuo  nuan  ..lli luo  luanlun  zzu zuo zuizuanzun  ccu cuo cuicuancun  ssu suo suisuansun  zhzhuzhuazhuozhuaizhuizhuanzhunzhuang chchuchuachuochuaichuichuanchunchuang shshushuashuoshuaishuishuanshunshuang rruruaruo ruiruanrun  j         q         x         gguguaguoguaiguiguangunguang kkukuakuokuaikuikuankunkuang hhuhuahuohuaihuihuanhunhuang .wuwawowaiwaiwanwenwangweng