Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Chart with Audio
 
 a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün
  a o e     er ai   ao ou an en ang eng   yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun
b ba bo         bai bei bao   ban ben bang beng   bi   biao bie   bian bin   bing   bu                        
p pa po         pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng   pi   piao pie   pian pin   ping   pu                        
m ma mo me       mai mei mao mou man men mang meng   mi   miao mie miu mian min   ming   mu                        
f fa fo           fei   fou fan fen fang feng                       fu                        
d da   de       dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di   diao die diu dian     ding   du   duo   dui duan dun            
t ta   te       tai tei tao tou tan   tang teng tong ti   tiao tie   tian     ting   tu   tuo   tui tuan tun            
n na   ne       nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni   niao nie niu nian nin niang ning   nu   nuo     nuan       nü nüe    
l la   le       lai lei lao lou lan   lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling   lu   luo     luan lun     lü lüe    
g ga   ge       gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong                     gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang          
k ka   ke       kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong                     ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang          
h ha   he       hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong                     hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang          
z za   ze zi     zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong                     zu   zuo   zui zuan zun            
c ca   ce ci     cai   cao cou can cen cang ceng cong                     cu   cuo   cui cuan cun            
s sa   se si     sai   sao sou san sen sang seng song                     su   suo   sui suan sun            
zh zha   zhe   zhi   zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong                     zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang          
ch cha   che   chi   chai   chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong                     chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang          
sh sha   she   shi   shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng                       shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang          
r     re   ri       rao rou ran ren rang reng rong                     ru rua ruo   rui ruan run            
j                               ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong                   ju jue juan jun
q                               qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong                   qu que quan qun
x                               xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong                   xu xue xuan xun
About Pinyin
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Hanyu Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Mandarin Chinese sounds into the Roman alphabet. It was invented in 1950s, and adopted as a standard in mainland China in 1958. Pinyin is used for several purposes, such as teaching Chinese, transcribing names and places into the roman alphabet, and used as an input method for typing Chinese characters. chinese-pinyin
Pinyin is not the only system devised to transcribe Chinese sounds into roman letters. An older system called Wade-Giles was used in the first half of the 20th century, and it has left its mark on the English language. For instance, 功夫 is romanized as "kungfu" in Wade-Giles, but "gongfu" in Pinyin. Also, 北京 (the capital of China) was in the past romanized as "Peking", but is "Beijing" in Pinyin. It is a common misconception that the city changed names, but the sound never changed, only how we spell the sound with letters.