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All Possible Syllables in Mandarin Chinese

Finals Initials a ai an ang ao e ei en eng er i ia iao ian iang ie in ing iong iu a ai an ang ao e ei en eng er b (bo) ba bai ban bang bao bei ben beng bi biao bian bie bin bing p (po) pa pai pan pang pao pei pen peng pi piao pian pie pin ping m (mo) ma mai man mang mao me mei men meng mi miao mian mie min ming miu f (fo) fa fan fang fei fen feng d (de) da dai dan dang dao de dei den deng di dia diao dian die ding diu t (te) ta tai tan tang tao te teng ti tiao tian tie ting n (ne) na nai nan nang nao ne nei nen neng ni niao nian niang nie nin ning niu l (le) la lai lan lang lao le lei leng li lia liao lian liang lie lin ling liu g (ge) ga gai gan gang gao ge gei gen geng k (ke) ka kai kan kang kao ke ken keng h (he) ha hai han hang hao he hei hen heng j (ji) ji jia jiao jian jiang jie jin jing jiong jiu q (qi) qi qia qiao qian qiang qie qin qing qiong qiu x (xi) xi xia xiao xian xiang xie xing xiong xiu zh (zhi) zha zhai zhan zhao zhe zhei zhen zheng zhi ch (chi) cha chai chan chang chao che chen cheng chi sh (shi) sha shai shan shang shao she shei shen sheng shi r (ri) ran rang rao re ren reng ri z (zi) za zai zan zang zao ze zei zen zi c (ci) ca cai can cang cao ce cen ceng ci s (si) sa sai san sang sao se sen seng si w (wu) wa wai wan wang wei wen weng y (yi) ya yan yang yao → yi ye yin ying

Key Yellow fill = Lying Spelling "an" should be "en" Green fill = Reduced Spelling "o" should be "uo" | "iu" should be "iou" | "ui" should be "uei" Light blue fill = Lazy Spelling "e" should be "ie" | "u" should be "ü" Blue text = 1st variation, back of mouth, rolled tongue (juǎn shé), "i" sounds much like the "ir" of "bird" Red text = 2nd variation, front of mouth, "i" sounds a little like the "i" of "hit" (but not really)

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o ong ou u ua uai uan uang ui un uo ü üan üe ün o ou bo bu po pou pu mo mou mu fo fou fu dong dou du duan dui dun duo tong tou tu tuan tui tun tuo nong nou nu nuan nun nuo nü nüe lo long lou lu luan lun luo lü lüe gong gou gu gua guai guan guang gui gun guo kong kou ku kua kuai kuan kuang kui kun kuo hong hou hu hua huai huan huang hui hun huo ju juan jue jun qu quan que qun xu xuan xue xun zhong zhou zhu zhua zhuai zhuan zhuang zhui zhun zhuo chong chou chu chua chuai chuan chuang chui chun chuo shou shu shua shuai shuan shuang shui shun shuo rong rou ru ruan rui run ruo zong zou zu zuan zui zun zuo cong cou cu cuan cui cun cuo song sou su suan sui sun suo wo wu yo yong you yu yuan yue yun

Stats 840 total cells in grid 430 blank 410 filled -1 arrow under "ye" 409 Total Chinese syllables

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