Mandarin Syllable Charts

(taken from: http://www.chinese-outpost.com/language/pronunciation/pron0045.asp)

The following tables include all the possible syllables in Mandarin. The syllables are all spelled in Pinyin.

Bear these questions in mind when examining the following tables:

1. Which combinations are not possible (hint: look at the large blank areas)?
2. Are there sounds that only occur in certain positions?

Table 1: Chinese initials (left) and finals a through ong (top).

a

o

e

-i^*

er

ai

ei

ao

ou

an

en

ang

eng

ong

b

ba

bo

.

.

..

bai

bei

bao

.

ban

ben

bang

beng

.

p

pa

po

.

.

..

pai

pei

poa

pou

pan

pen

pang

peng

.

m

ma

mo

me

.

..

mai

mei

mao

mou

man

men

mang

meng

.

f

fa

fo

..

.

..

.

fei

.

fou

fan

fen

fang

feng

..

d

da

.

de

.

..

dai

dei

dao

dou

dan

den

dang

deng

dong

t

ta

.

te

.

..

tai

.

tao

tou

tan

.

tang

teng

tong

n

na

.

ne

.

..

nai

nei

.

nou

nan

nen

nang

neng

nong

l

la

.

le

.

..

lai

lei

nao

lou

lan

.

lang

leng

long

z

za

ze

zi

.

zai

zei

zao

zou

zan

zen

zang

zeng

zong

c

ca

ce

ci

.

cai

.

cao

cou

can

cen

cang

ceng

cong

s

sa

se

si

.

sai

.

sao

sou

san

sen

sang

seng

song

zh

zha

zhe

zhi

.

zhai

zhei

zhao

zou

zan

zen

zhang

zheng

zhong

ch

cha

che

chi

.

chai

.

chao

chou

chan

chen

chang

cheng

chong

sh

sha

.

she

shi

.

shai

shei

shao

shou

shan

shen

shang

sheng

.

r

.

.

re

ri

.

.

.

rao

rou

ran

ren

rang

reng

rong

j

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

q

.

.

.

.

..

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

x

.

.

.

.

..

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

g

ga

.

ge

.

.

gai

gei

gao

gou

gan

gen

gang

geng

gong

k

ka

.

ke

.

.

kai

kei

kao

kou

kan

ken

kang

keng

kong

h

ha

.

he

.

.

hai

hei

hao

hou

han

hen

hang

heng

hong

.

a

o

e

.

er

ai

ei

ao

ou

an

en

ang

eng

.

Table 2: Chinese initials (left) and finals i through iong (top).
	i	ia	iao	ie	iou	ian	in	iang	ing	iong
b	bi	.	biao	bie	.	bian	bin	.	bing	.
p	pi	.	piao	pie	.	pian	pin	.	ping	.
m	mi	.	miao	mie	miu	mian	min	.	ming	.
f	.	.	..	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
d	di	.	daio	die	diu	dian	.	.	ding	.
t	ti	.	tiao	tie	.	tian	.	.	ting	.
n	ni	.	niao	nie	niu	nian	nin	niang	ning	.
l	li	lia	liao	lie	liu	lian	lin	liang	ling	.
z	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.