FOUR COMMON ROMANIZATION SYSTEMS COMPARED

(Differences in Red)

Note: using the following websites in conjunction, you will find more information than the tables below, actually the whole syllable inventory of Mandarin

http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/eastasian/ctable2.htm

http://home.iprimus.com.au/richwarm/gr/py2grtab.htm

21 Initials:

	Pinyin	Wade- Giles	Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Yale
1	b	p	b	b
2	p	p’	p	p
3	m	m	m	m
4	f	f	f	f
5	d	t	d	d
6	t	t’	t	t
7	n	n	n	n
8	l	l	l	l
9	g	k	g	g
10	k	k’	k	k
11	h	h	h	h
12	j	ch	j	j
13	q	ch’	ch	ch
14	x	hs	sh	sy
15	zh	ch	j	j
16	ch	ch’	ch	ch
17	sh	sh	sh	sh
18	r	j	r	r
19	z	ts	tz	dz
20	c	ts’	ts	ts
21	s	s	s	s

35 Finals:

	Pinyin	Wade-Giles	Gwoyeu Romatzyh (no tone)	Yale
1	a	a	a	a
2	o	o	o	wo
3	e	e	e	e
4	i	i	i	i
4a	i(zh,ch,sh,r__)	ih	y	r
4b	i(z, c, s__)	u	y	z
5	u	u	u	u
6	ü	ü	iu	yu
7	ai	ai	ai	ai
8	ei	ei	ei	ei
9	ao	ao	au	au
10	ou	ou	ou	ou
11	an	an	an	an
12	en	en	en	en
13	ang	ang	ang	ang
14	eng	eng	eng	eng
15	ong	ung	ong	ung
16	ia	ia	ia	ia
17	ie	ieh	ie	ye
18	iao	iao	iau	iau
19	iu	iu	iou	you
20	ian	ien	ian	yan
21	in	in	in	in
22	iang	iang	iang	yang
23	ing	ing	ing	ing
24	iong	iung	iong	yung
25	ua	ua	ua	wa
26	uo	uo	uo	wo
27	uai	uai	uai	wai
28	ui	ui	uei	wei
29	uan	uan	uan	wan
30	un	un	uen	wun
31	uang	uang	uang	wang
32	weng	weng	ueng	weng
33	üe	üeh	iue	ywe
34	üan	üan	iuan	ywan
35	ün	ün	iun	yun

One spelling rule:

When ‘i’, ‘u’, ‘ü’ start a syllable, rewrite them as ‘yi’, ‘wu’ and ‘yu’