Hanyu Pinyin Chart with Audio

Welcome to the Hanyu Pinyin chart! This interactive chart contains all 410 valid Mandarin Chinese syllables — every initial and final of the romanized Chinese writing system, in one grid.

Click any syllable to hear its pronunciation. Use the tone buttons to see different tone marks. Printable Version

Select Tone: All 1ˉ First Tone 2ˊ Second Tone 3ˇ Third Tone 4ˋ Fourth Tone

1 First Tone
High and level

2 Second Tone
Rising

3 Third Tone
Falling then rising

4 Fourth Tone
Sharp falling

Initial↓ Final→	a	o	e	i	u	ü	ai	ei	ao	ou	an	en	ang	eng	ong	er
b	bá	bó	-	bí	bú	-	bái	béi	báo	-	bán	bén	báng	béng	-	-
p	pá	pó	-	pí	pú	-	pái	péi	páo	póu	pán	pén	páng	péng	-	-
m	má	mó	mé	mí	mú	-	mái	méi	máo	móu	mán	mén	máng	méng	-	-
f	fá	fó	-	-	fú	-	-	féi	-	fóu	fán	fén	fáng	féng	-	-
d	dá	-	dé	dí	dú	-	dái	déi	dáo	dóu	dán	dén	dáng	déng	dóng	-
t	tá	-	té	tí	tú	-	tái	-	táo	tóu	tán	-	táng	téng	tóng	-
n	ná	-	né	ní	nú	nǘ	nái	néi	náo	nóu	nán	nén	náng	néng	nóng	-
l	lá	ló	lé	lí	lú	lǘ	lái	léi	láo	lóu	lán	-	láng	léng	lóng	-
g	gá	-	gé	-	gú	-	gái	géi	gáo	góu	gán	gén	gáng	géng	góng	-
k	ká	-	ké	-	kú	-	kái	kéi	káo	kóu	kán	kén	káng	kéng	kóng	-
h	há	-	hé	-	hú	-	hái	héi	háo	hóu	hán	hén	háng	héng	hóng	-
j	-	-	-	jí	-	jú	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
q	-	-	-	qí	-	qú	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
x	-	-	-	xí	-	xú	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
zh	zhá	-	zhé	zhí	zhú	-	zhái	zhéi	zháo	zhóu	zhán	zhén	zháng	zhéng	zhóng	-
ch	chá	-	ché	chí	chú	-	chái	-	cháo	chóu	chán	chén	cháng	chéng	chóng	-
sh	shá	-	shé	shí	shú	-	shái	shéi	sháo	shóu	shán	shén	sháng	shéng	-	-
r	-	-	ré	rí	rú	-	-	-	ráo	róu	rán	rén	ráng	réng	róng	-
z	zá	-	zé	zí	zú	-	zái	zéi	záo	zóu	zán	zén	záng	zéng	zóng	-
c	cá	-	cé	cí	cú	-	cái	-	cáo	cóu	cán	cén	cáng	céng	cóng	-
s	sá	-	sé	sí	sú	-	sái	-	sáo	sóu	sán	sén	sáng	séng	sóng	-
y	yá	yó	yé	yí	-	yú	-	-	yáo	yóu	yán	-	yáng	-	yóng	-
w	wá	wó	-	-	wú	-	wái	wéi	-	-	wán	wén	wáng	wéng	-	-
-	á	ó	é	-	-	-	ái	éi	áo	óu	án	én	áng	éng	-	ér

Initial↓ Final→	ia	ie	iu	ian	in	iang	ing	iong	ua	uo	uai	ui	uan	un	uang	üe	üan	ün
b	-	bié	-	bián	bín	-	bíng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
p	-	pié	-	pián	pín	-	píng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
m	-	mié	miú	mián	mín	-	míng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
f	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
d	diá	dié	diú	dián	-	-	díng	-	-	duó	-	duí	duán	dún	-	-	-	-
t	-	tié	-	tián	-	-	tíng	-	-	tuó	-	tuí	tuán	tún	-	-	-	-
n	-	nié	niú	nián	nín	niáng	níng	-	-	nuó	-	-	nuán	-	-	nüé	-	-
l	liá	lié	liú	lián	lín	liáng	líng	-	-	luó	-	-	luán	lún	-	lüé	-	-
g	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	guá	guó	guái	guí	guán	gún	guáng	-	-	-
k	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	kuá	kuó	kuái	kuí	kuán	kún	kuáng	-	-	-
h	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	huá	huó	huái	huí	huán	hún	huáng	-	-	-
j	jiá	jié	jiú	jián	jín	jiáng	jíng	jióng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	jué	juán	jún
q	qiá	qié	qiú	qián	qín	qiáng	qíng	qióng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	qué	quán	qún
x	xiá	xié	xiú	xián	xín	xiáng	xíng	xióng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	xué	xuán	xún
zh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	zhuá	zhuó	zhuái	zhuí	zhuán	zhún	zhuáng	-	-	-
ch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	chuá	chuó	chuái	chuí	chuán	chún	chuáng	-	-	-
sh	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	shuá	shuó	shuái	shuí	shuán	shún	shuáng	-	-	-
r	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	ruá	ruó	-	ruí	ruán	rún	-	-	-	-
z	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	zuó	-	zuí	zuán	zún	-	-	-	-
c	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	cuó	-	cuí	cuán	cún	-	-	-	-
s	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	suó	-	suí	suán	sún	-	-	-	-
y	-	-	-	-	yín	-	yíng	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	yué	yuán	yún
w	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pronunciation Tips

Difficult Initials

zh, ch, sh, r - Retroflex sounds (tongue curled back)
j, q, x - Palatal sounds (tongue flat, softer)
z, c, s - Dental sounds (tongue behind teeth)

Difficult Finals

ü - Round lips, say "ee" (like German "ü")
-i after zh/ch/sh/r - Buzzing sound, not "ee"
-i after z/c/s - Hissing sound, not "ee"

Pinyin Quick Reference

The 4 Tones

1st (ˉ): High and flat
2nd (ˊ): Rising (like a question)
3rd (ˇ): Dipping low
4th (ˋ): Sharp falling

21 Initials

b p m f, d t n l, g k h, j q x, zh ch sh r, z c s, y w

~35 Finals

a o e i u ü, ai ei ao ou, an en ang eng ong, ia ie iu ian in iang ing iong, ua uo uai ui uan un uang, üe üan ün

Recognising a syllable on this chart is easier than catching it in speech. Pinyin Listening Dictation plays a word and asks you to type the pinyin back, tone marks included, from HSK 1 up to HSK 6.

Neutral Tone (Light Tone)

The neutral tone (also called "light tone" or 5th tone) is unstressed and has no tone mark. It typically appears in the second syllable of certain words. Its pitch depends on the preceding tone. Click any example to hear how neutral tone sounds in context.

Common Particles

Common Suffixes

Example Words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
妈妈	māma	mother
爸爸	bàba	father
我的	wǒ de	my/mine
走了	zǒu le	left/gone
你呢	nǐ ne	and you?
桌子	zhuōzi	table
我们	wǒmen	we/us
石头	shítou	stone

Tip: The neutral tone syllable is shown in blue. Notice how it's always unstressed and shorter than the preceding syllable.

Wondering how many syllables that is, why so much of the grid is blank, or which ones are never said in the first tone? How many sounds does Mandarin have? counts the whole inventory out of this same table.

Every syllable is an initial plus a final.