Interactive Pinyin Chart

The Chinese Language InstituteInteractive Pinyin Chart🔈 Click on a syllable below to hear audio and practice along with the recording. Click here for PDF version. On clickOn tap: Show all tones Play 1st tone Play 2nd tone Play 3rd tone Play 4th Tone AOEIUÜ aaiaoanangoongoueeienengeriiaiaoieiuianianginingionguuauouiuaiuanunuangüüeüanün bbabaibaobanbangbobeibenbengbibiaobiebianbinbingbu ppapaipaopanpangpopoupeipenpengpipiaopiepianpinpingpu mmamaimaomanmangmomoumeimenmengmimiaomiemiumianminmingmu ffafanfangfofoufeifenfengfu ddadaidaodandangdongdoudedeidengdidiaodiediudiandingduduoduiduandun ttataitaotantangtongtoutetengtitiaotietiantingtutuotuituantun nnanainaonannangnongnouneneinennengniniaonieniunianniangninningnunuonuannünüe llalailaolanlanglonglouleleilenglilialiaolieliulianlianglinlingluluoluanlunlülüe zzazaizaozanzangzongzouzezeizenzengzizuzuozuizuanzun ccacaicaocancangcongcoucecencengcicucuocuicuancun ssasaisaosansangsongsousesensengsisusuosuisuansun zhzhazhaizhaozhanzhangzhongzhouzhezheizhenzhengzhizhuzhuazhuozhuizhuaizhuanzhunzhuang chchachaichaochanchangchongchouchechenchengchichuchuachuochuichuaichuanchunchuang shshashaishaoshanshangshoushesheishenshengshishushuashuoshuishuaishuanshunshuang rraoranrangrongrourerenrengriruruaruoruiruanrun ggagaigaoganganggonggougegeigengengguguaguoguiguaiguangunguang kkakaikaokankangkongkoukekeikenkengkukuakuokuikuaikuankunkuang hhahaihaohanhanghonghouheheihenhenghuhuahuohuihuaihuanhunhuang jjijiajiaojiejiujianjiangjinjingjiongjujuejuanjun qqiqiaqiaoqieqiuqianqiangqinqingqiongququequanqun xxixiaxiaoxiexiuxianxiangxinxingxiongxuxuexuanxun wwawaiwanwangwoweiwenwengwu yyayaoyanyangyongyouyeyiyinyingyuyueyuanyun aaiaoanangooueeienenger Note: a pinyin syllable in bold indicates that it's an exception. In other words, its vowel sound has a more commonly used variation (for example: zi vs. ni; yan vs. ban; ye vs. de; yuan vs. duan; etc.)Additional InsightLearning Chinese PinyinWhat is Pinyin?Chinese Pinyin, the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China, is the most commonly used phonetic system for writing Chinese with the Latin alphabet.Learning pinyin early in one’s Chinese studies dramatically accelerates the speed at which most students learn Chinese. Pinyin, for our purposes, is a tool for pronouncing Chinese characters and words and for typing in Chinese.Read our full article on the topic here: “What is Pinyin?“Can I Just Learn Pinyin?Many students wonder if they can simply learn pinyin and avoid Chinese characters (汉字 hànzì) altogether. This is extremely inadvisable! There are many reasons why learning characters alongside pinyin is essential. Most crucially, nearly every pinyin sound has multiple commonly used Chinese characters that it represents.For example, take the pinyin sound “guo.” This phonetic combination can mean fruit (果 guǒ), country (国 guó), to cross (a road) (过 guò, as in 过马路 guò mǎlù), cooking pot (锅), and a variety of other words. “Guo” is even one of the 100 most common Chinese family names (郭 Guō).English ApproximationsPinyin Cheat SheetWhen learning pinyin, it is most effective to listen to and repeat each sound with a Chinese teacher or an audio pinyin chart (as opposed to just relying on the below key). That said, the following cheat sheet can be helpful when conceptualizing and memorizing pinyin sounds.*denotes that the vowel sound has a variation within the pinyin system (for example the i in zi) One-on-One Chinese LessonsOne-on-One Chinese Lessons ✕Learn Chinese in China and join the CLI community!Based in scenic Guilin, China, CLI is a leading center for Chinese language and cultural studies.Learn OnlineStudy in China CloseMessage us on WeChatIn WeChat on your phone, tap + then Scan, and point it at this code.Take a screenshot of this code. In WeChat, tap + then Scan and choose it from your album.Press and hold the code and choose the option to scan it.Then tap Follow and send us a message.We reply Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM Beijing time.