Pronunciation

Pinyin Chart

Every Mandarin syllable in one table. Click a syllable to hear all four tones spoken by a native speaker.

22 Initials 37 Finals 400+ Syllables 4 Tones With Audio

Rows are initials (starting sounds), columns are finals (ending sounds). Scroll sideways on small screens.

Audio recordings: Chen Wang, audio-cmn project, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.

Step 1

The consonant a syllable starts with, such as b, zh or x. Some syllables have no initial at all (first row, marked —).

Step 2

The vowel part that follows, such as ang or iao. Without an initial, i, u and ü are written y, w and yu.

Step 3

The same syllable changes meaning with its tone: mā (mother), má (hemp), mǎ (horse), mà (scold). Listen and repeat each one.