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Learn Chinese Valid Pinyin Initials and Finals Combination Table

Initials
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s		 None b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s
a a ba pa ma fa da ta na la ga ka ha zha cha sha za ca sa ㄚ
o o bo po mo fo ㄛ
e e me de te ne le ge ke he zhe che she re ze ce se ㄜ
ai ai bai pai mai dai tai nai lai gai kai hai zhai chai shai zai cai sai ㄞ
ei ei bei pei mei fei dei tei nei ei gei kei hei zhei shei zei ㄟ
ao ao bao pao mao dao tao nao lao gao kao hao zhao chao shao rao zao cao sao ㄠ
ou ou pou mou fou dou tou nou lou gou kou hou zhou chou shou rou zou cou sou ㄡ
an an ban pan man fan dan tan nan lan gan kan han zhan chan shan ran zan can san ㄢ
ang ang bang pang mang fang dang tang nang lang gang kang hang zhang chang shang rang zang cang sang ㄤ
en en ben pen men fen den nen gen ken hen zhen chen shen ren zen cen sen ㄣ
eng eng beng peng meng feng deng teng neng leng geng keng heng zheng cheng sheng reng zeng ceng seng ㄥ
er er ㄦ
u wu bu pu mu fu du tu nu lu gu ku hu zhu chu shu ru zu cu su ㄨ
ua wa gua kua hua zhua chua shua rua ㄨㄚ
uo wo duo tuo nuo luo guo kuo huo zhuo chuo shuo ruo zuo cuo suo ㄨㄛ
uai wai guai kuai huai zhuai chuai shuai ㄨㄞ
ui wei dui tui gui kui hui zhui chui shui rui zui cui sui ㄨㄟ
uan wan duan tuan nuan luan guan kuan huan zhuan chuan shuan ruan zuan cuan suan ㄨㄢ
uang wang guang kuang huang zhuang chuang shuang ㄨㄤ
un wen dun tun nun lun gun kun hun zhun chun shun run zun cun sun ㄨㄣ
ueng weng ㄨㄥ
ong dong tong nong long gong kong hong zhong chong rong zong cong song ㄨㄥ
i (short) zhi chi shi ri zi ci si
i yi bi pi mi di ti ni li ji qi xi ㄧ
ia ya dia lia jia qia xia

As you can see from the empty spaces in this table, the actual number of syllables in use is only about half of the number of possible combinations of initials and finals.

Clicking on one of the syllables will display the most common characters matching that syllable in the YellowBridge Dictionary.

The bottom and right axes show the corresponding zhuyin (Bopomofo) symbols for the pinyin initials and finals shown on the top and left axis, respectively. If you never had to learn the zhuyin system, just ignore them.

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ie ye bie pie mie die tie nie lie jie qie xie ㄧㄝ
iao yao biao piao miao diao tiao niao liao jiao qiao xiao ㄧㄠ
iu you miu diu niu liu jiu qiu xiu ㄧㄡ
ian yan bian pian mian dian tian nian lian jian qian xian ㄧㄢ
iang yang niang liang jiang qiang xiang ㄧㄤ
in yin bin pin min nin lin jin qin xin ㄧㄣ
ing ying bing ping ming ding ting ning ling jing qing xing ㄧㄥ
ü yu nü lü ju qu xu ㄩ
üe yue nüe lüe jue que xue ㄩㄝ
üan yuan juan quan xuan ㄩㄢ
ün yun jun qun xun ㄩㄣ
iong yong jiong qiong xiong ㄩㄥ
None ㄅ ㄆ ㄇ ㄈ ㄉ ㄊ ㄋ ㄌ ㄍ ㄎ ㄏ ㄐ ㄑ ㄒ ㄓ ㄔ ㄕ ㄖ ㄗ ㄘ ㄙ

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