{"id":4502,"date":"2023-02-22T22:41:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=4502"},"modified":"2025-01-16T19:23:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T11:23:33","slug":"pinyin-spelling-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/pinyin-spelling-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinyin Spelling Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/pinyin-spelling-rules\/#Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Spacing_and_Capital_Letters\" >Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Spacing and Capital Letters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/pinyin-spelling-rules\/#Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Special\" >Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Special<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/pinyin-spelling-rules\/#Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Tones\" >Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Tones<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/pinyin-spelling-rules\/#Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9Cu%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9Cu%E2%80%9D\" >Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; &#8220;i&#8221;, &#8220;u&#8221;, &#8220;\u00fc&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/pinyin-spelling-rules\/#Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Ending_%E2%80%9Cr%E2%80%9D\" >Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Ending &#8220;r&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanyu Pinyin is the official romanization system for Mandarin Chinese in mainland China, used to represent the sounds of Chinese characters using the Latin alphabet. Here are some basic rules for using Hanyu Pinyin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Spacing_and_Capital_Letters\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Spacing and Capital Letters<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Words are written together, without spaces between syllables:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>k\u0101f\u0113i&nbsp;(\u5496\u5561, coffee)<br>m\u00edngti\u0101n&nbsp;(\u660e\u5929, tomorrow)<br>b\u00f9h\u01ceoy\u00ecsi&nbsp;(\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d, excuse me)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The first letter of the first word in a sentence is capitalized:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>W\u01d2 h\u0113 k\u0101f\u0113i.&nbsp;(\u6211\u559d\u5496\u5561, I drink coffee.)<br>X\u012bb\u0101ny\u00e1 y\u01d2u h\u011bn du\u014d g\u01d2u.&nbsp;(\u897f\u73ed\u7259\u6709\u5f88\u591a\u72d7, There are many dogs in Spain.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Proper nouns and names are capitalized:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>R\u00ecb\u011bn&nbsp;(\u65e5\u672c, Japan)<br>B\u011bij\u012bng&nbsp;(\u5317\u4eac, Beijing)<br>L\u01d0 m\u00edngw\u00e9n&nbsp;(\u674e\u660e\u6587, a name)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Special\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Special<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the syllable contains &#8220;uo&#8221; following &#8220;b&#8221;, &#8220;p&#8221;, &#8220;m&#8221;, or &#8220;f&#8221;, the &#8220;u&#8221; is dropped, resulting in &#8220;bo&#8221;, &#8220;po&#8221;, &#8220;mo&#8221;, or &#8220;fo&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>b\u00f3 (\u4f2f; uncle)<br>f\u00f3 (\u4f5b; Buddha)<br>m\u014d (\u6478; touch)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the syllable contains &#8220;\u00fc&#8221; following &#8220;j&#8221;, &#8220;q&#8221;, or &#8220;x&#8221;, the two dots are dropped.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>xu\u011b (\u96ea; snow)<br>j\u01d4 (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8209<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e3e<\/span>; lift)<br>q\u00f9 (\u53bb; go)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Tones\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Tones<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are the rules for using tone marks in Hanyu Pinyin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For syllables with one vowel letter, the tone mark is always on the vowel letter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><br>d\u00ec (\u5730; land) <br>sh\u00f9 (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6a39<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6811<\/span>; tree) <br>sh\u0101n (\u5c71; mountain) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For syllables with two or three vowel letters:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the first vowel letter is not a medial (ie. &#8220;i&#8221;, &#8220;u&#8221;, or &#8220;\u00fc&#8221;), the tone mark is always on the first vowel letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><br>g\u01d2u (\u72d7; dog) <br>l\u01ceo (\u8001; old) <br>m\u0101o (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u8c93<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u732b<\/span>; cat) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the first vowel letter is a medial, the tone mark will be marked on the second vowel letter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><br>xu\u00e9 (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5b78<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5b66<\/span>; learn) <br>ji\u00e0o (\u53eb; call) <br>ji\u01d4 (\u9152; alcohol) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the tone mark is on &#8220;i&#8221;, the dot of &#8220;i&#8221; has to be omitted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><br>x\u012b (\u897f; west) <br>l\u00ed (\u68a8; pear) <br>zh\u01d0 (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7d19<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7eb8<\/span>; paper)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9Cu%E2%80%9D_%E2%80%9Cu%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; &#8220;i&#8221;, &#8220;u&#8221;, &#8220;\u00fc&#8221;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When syllables start with the &#8220;i&#8221; sound, replace &#8220;i&#8221; with &#8220;y&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>i\u00e1ng \u27a1 y\u00e1ng (\u7f8a; sheep)<br>y\u00e0o \u27a1 y\u00e0o (\u8981; want)<br>y\u00f2ng \u27a1 y\u00f2ng (\u7528; use)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Exceptions:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For the single vowel &#8220;i&#8221;, and the nasals &#8220;in&#8221; and &#8220;ing&#8221;, &#8220;y&#8221; is added before &#8220;i&#8221;, resulting in &#8220;yi&#8221;, &#8220;yin&#8221;, and &#8220;ying&#8221;;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spell &#8220;you&#8221; for &#8220;iu&#8221; when it is alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>y\u012b (\u4e00; one)<br>y\u00ecng (\u786c; hard)<br>y\u01d2u (\u6709; have)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"2\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When syllables start with the &#8220;u&#8221; sound, replace &#8220;u&#8221; with &#8220;w&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>u\u01cen \u27a1 w\u01cen (\u7897; bowl)<br>u\u00e0i \u27a1 w\u00e0i (\u5916; outside)<br>u\u01ceng \u27a1 w\u01ceng (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u7db2<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u7f51<\/span>; net)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Exceptions:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For the single vowel &#8220;u&#8221;, &#8220;w&#8221; is added before &#8220;u&#8221;, resulting in &#8220;wu&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spell &#8220;wen&#8221; for &#8220;un&#8221; when it is alone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spell &#8220;wei&#8221; for &#8220;ui&#8221; when it is alone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>w\u0113n (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6eab<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6e29<\/span>; warm)<br>w\u00e8i (\u80c3; stomach)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When syllables start with &#8220;\u00fc&#8221;, replace &#8220;\u00fc&#8221; with &#8220;yu&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\u01da \u27a1 y\u01d4 (\u96e8; rain)<br>\u01dan \u27a1 y\u00fan (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u96f2<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e91<\/span>; cloud)<br>\u01daan \u27a1 yu\u01cen (<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9060<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u8fdc<\/span>; far)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c2526e\" class=\"has-inline-color\">In many Chinese IMEs: Typing&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;v&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;is the standard way to input&nbsp;<strong>\u00fc<\/strong>.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:37px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pinyin_Spelling_Rules_%E2%80%93_Ending_%E2%80%9Cr%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Pinyin Spelling Rules &#8211; Ending &#8220;r&#8221;<\/mark><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;er&#8221;&nbsp;(<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5152<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u513f<\/span>) sound can follow finals to from retroflections. Add &#8220;r&#8221; at the end of the syllable in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>yidi\u01cenr&nbsp;(<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e00\u9ede\u5152<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e00\u70b9\u513f<\/span>; a little)<br>f\u00e0ngu\u01cenr&nbsp;(<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u98ef\u9928\u5152<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u996d\u9986\u513f<\/span>; restaurant)<br>hu\u0101r&nbsp;(<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u82b1\u5152<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u82b1\u513f<\/span>; flowers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-1\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"1\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Practice Your Hanyu Pinyin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/tiffanystalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" style=\"width:150px;height:29px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-300x58.png 300w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-600x115.png 600w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-1024x197.png 1024w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-768x148.png 768w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-1536x296.png 1536w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-2048x394.png 2048w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/fcacd-buymeacoffee_red402x-850x164.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Do you like it? \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/hanyupinyin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963-300x86.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\" style=\"width:150px;height:43px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963-600x171.png 600w, https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/e68f92e59c963.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanyu Pinyin is the official romanization system for Mandarin Chinese in mainland China, used to represent the sounds of Chinese characters using the Latin alphabet. 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