Social:Wade–Giles table

Short description: Table of all possible syllables of Standard Mandarin

This Wade–Giles table is a complete listing of all Wade–Giles syllables used in Standard Chinese. Each syllable in a cell is composed of an initial (columns) and a final (rows). An empty cell indicates that the corresponding syllable does not exist in Standard Chinese.

The below table indicates possible combinations of initials and finals in Standard Chinese, but does not indicate tones, which are equally important to the proper pronunciation of Chinese. Although some initial-final combinations occur with each of the five different tones, most do not. Some only occur with one tone.

Finals are grouped into subsets a, i, u and ü. i, u and ü groupings indicate a combination of those finals with finals from Group a. The following exceptions exist:

Group	Special combination
i	i+ê/o=ieh		i+ou=iu	i+an=ien	i+ên=in	i+êng=ing
u	u+ê/o=o/uo	u+ei=ui/uei			u+ên=un	u+êng=ung
ü	ü+ê/o=üeh				ü+ên=ün	ü+êng=iung

Most syllables are a combination of an initial and a final. However, some syllables have no initials. These are written in Wade–Giles according to the following rules:

• if the final begins with a u, replace the u with a w
• if the final begins with an ü, add y in the beginning (no exceptions)
• if the final begins with an i, replace the i with a y if there are other vowels; if there are no other vowels, add y in the beginning
• if the final begins in any other way, keep the final as is
• exceptions to the rules above are indicated by blue in the table's no initial column:

Wade–Giles table		Initials																						Wade–Giles table
		∅	p	pTemplate:Wg-apos	m	f	t	tTemplate:Wg-apos	n	l	k	kTemplate:Wg-apos	h	ch	chTemplate:Wg-apos	hs	ch	chTemplate:Wg-apos	sh	j	ts	tsTemplate:Wg-apos	s
Group a Finals	ih/ŭ																chih	chTemplate:Wg-aposih	shih	jih	tzŭ	tzTemplate:Wg-aposŭ	ssŭ	ih/ŭ	Group a Finals
	a	a	pa	pTemplate:Wg-aposa	ma	fa	ta	tTemplate:Wg-aposa	na	la	ka	kTemplate:Wg-aposa	ha				cha	chTemplate:Wg-aposa	sha		tsa	tsTemplate:Wg-aposa	sa	a
	ê/o	ê/o			mê		tê	tTemplate:Wg-aposê	nê	lê	ko	kTemplate:Wg-aposo	ho				chê	chTemplate:Wg-aposê	shê	jê	tsê	tsTemplate:Wg-aposê	sê	ê/o
	ai	ai	pai	pTemplate:Wg-aposai	mai		tai	tTemplate:Wg-aposai	nai	lai	kai	kTemplate:Wg-aposai	hai				chai	chTemplate:Wg-aposai	shai		tsai	tsTemplate:Wg-aposai	sai	ai
	ei	ei	pei	pTemplate:Wg-aposei	mei	fei	tei	tTemplate:Wg-aposei	nei	lei	kei		hei				chei		shei		tsei			ei
	ao	ao	pao	pTemplate:Wg-aposao	mao		tao	tTemplate:Wg-aposao	nao	lao	kao	kTemplate:Wg-aposao	hao				chao	chTemplate:Wg-aposao	shao	jao	tsao	tsTemplate:Wg-aposao	sao	ao
	ou	ou		pTemplate:Wg-aposou	mou	fou	tou	tTemplate:Wg-aposou	nou	lou	kou	kTemplate:Wg-aposou	hou				chou	chTemplate:Wg-aposou	shou	jou	tsou	tsTemplate:Wg-aposou	sou	ou
	an	an	pan	pTemplate:Wg-aposan	man	fan	tan	tTemplate:Wg-aposan	nan	lan	kan	kTemplate:Wg-aposan	han				chan	chTemplate:Wg-aposan	shan	jan	tsan	tsTemplate:Wg-aposan	san	an
	ên	ên	pên	pTemplate:Wg-aposên	mên	fên	tên		nên		kên	kTemplate:Wg-aposên	hên				chên	chTemplate:Wg-aposên	shên	jên	tsên	tsTemplate:Wg-aposên	sên	ên
	ang	ang	pang	pTemplate:Wg-aposang	mang	fang	tang	tTemplate:Wg-aposang	nang	lang	kang	kTemplate:Wg-aposang	hang				chang	chTemplate:Wg-aposang	shang	jang	tsang	tsTemplate:Wg-aposang	sang	ang
	êng	êng	pêng	pTemplate:Wg-aposêng	mêng	fêng	têng	tTemplate:Wg-aposêng	nêng	lêng	kêng	kTemplate:Wg-aposêng	hêng				chêng	chTemplate:Wg-aposêng	shêng	jêng	tsêng	tsTemplate:Wg-aposêng	sêng	êng
	êrh	êrh																						êrh
Group i Finals	i	i/yi	pi	pTemplate:Wg-aposi	mi		ti	tTemplate:Wg-aposi	ni	li				chi	chTemplate:Wg-aposi	hsi								i	Group i Finals
	ia	ya					tia			lia				chia	chTemplate:Wg-aposia	hsia								ia
	ieh	yeh	pieh	pTemplate:Wg-aposieh	mieh		tieh	tTemplate:Wg-aposieh	nieh	lieh				chieh	chTemplate:Wg-aposieh	hsieh								ieh
	iai	yai																						iai
	iao	yao	piao	pTemplate:Wg-aposiao	miao		tiao	tTemplate:Wg-aposiao	niao	liao				chiao	chTemplate:Wg-aposiao	hsiao								iao
	iu	yu			miu		tiu		niu	liu				chiu	chTemplate:Wg-aposiu	hsiu								iu
	ien	yen	pien	pTemplate:Wg-aposien	mien		tien	tTemplate:Wg-aposien	nien	lien				chien	chTemplate:Wg-aposien	hsien								ien
	in	yin	pin	pTemplate:Wg-aposin	min				nin	lin				chin	chTemplate:Wg-aposin	hsin								in
	iang	yang							niang	liang				chiang	chTemplate:Wg-aposiang	hsiang								iang
	ing	ying	ping	pTemplate:Wg-aposing	ming		ting	tTemplate:Wg-aposing	ning	ling				ching	chTemplate:Wg-aposing	hsing								ing
Group u Finals	u	wu	pu	pTemplate:Wg-aposu	mu	fu	tu	tTemplate:Wg-aposu	nu	lu	ku	kTemplate:Wg-aposu	hu				chu	chTemplate:Wg-aposu	shu	ju	tsu	tsTemplate:Wg-aposu	su	u	Group u Finals
	ua	wa									kua	kTemplate:Wg-aposua	hua				chua	chTemplate:Wg-aposua	shua	jua				ua
	o/uo	wo	po	pTemplate:Wg-aposo	mo	fo	to	tTemplate:Wg-aposo	no	lo	kuo	kTemplate:Wg-aposuo	huo				cho	chTemplate:Wg-aposo	shuo	jo	tso	tsTemplate:Wg-aposo	so	o/uo
	uai	wai									kuai	kTemplate:Wg-aposuai	huai				chuai	chTemplate:Wg-aposuai	shuai					uai
	ui/uei	wei					tui	tTemplate:Wg-aposui			kuei	kTemplate:Wg-aposuei	hui				chui	chTemplate:Wg-aposui	shui	jui	tsui	tsTemplate:Wg-aposui	sui	ui/uei
	uan	wan					tuan	tTemplate:Wg-aposuan	nuan	luan	kuan	kTemplate:Wg-aposuan	huan				chuan	chTemplate:Wg-aposuan	shuan	juan	tsuan	tsTemplate:Wg-aposuan	suan	uan
	un	wên					tun	tTemplate:Wg-aposun	nun	lun	kun	kTemplate:Wg-aposun	hun				chun	chTemplate:Wg-aposun	shun	jun	tsun	tsTemplate:Wg-aposun	sun	un
	uang	wang									kuang	kTemplate:Wg-aposuang	huang				chuang	chTemplate:Wg-aposuang	shuang					uang
	ung	wêng					tung	tTemplate:Wg-aposung	nung	lung	kung	kTemplate:Wg-aposung	hung				chung	chTemplate:Wg-aposung		jung	tsung	tsTemplate:Wg-aposung	sung	ung
Group ü Finals	ü	yü							nü	lü				chü	chTemplate:Wg-aposü	hsü								ü	Group ü Finals
	üeh	yüeh							nüeh	lüeh				chüeh	chTemplate:Wg-aposüeh	hsüeh								üeh
	üan	yüan								lüan				chüan	chTemplate:Wg-aposüan	hsüan								üan
	ün	yün												chün	chTemplate:Wg-aposün	hsün								ün
	iung	yung												chiung	chTemplate:Wg-aposiung	hsiung								iung
Wade–Giles table		∅	p	pTemplate:Wg-apos	m	f	t	tTemplate:Wg-apos	n	l	k	kTemplate:Wg-apos	h	ch	chTemplate:Wg-apos	hs	ch	chTemplate:Wg-apos	sh	j	ts	tsTemplate:Wg-apos	s	Wade–Giles table
		Initials

Colour Legend:

"regular" initial or final Final is in Group a or is a direct combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final

Final of i, u, ü groups is a modified combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final

syllable is direct combination of initial and final (or follows rules for no-initial syllables outlined at the top of the page)

syllable is written with the less common of the two spellings of the final; note the special spelling of the initials ts, tsTemplate:Wg-apos, s in the syllables tzŭ, tzTemplate:Wg-aposŭ, ssŭ

Syllables that end with o have either the o/uo final or the ê/o final:

IPA	pu̯ɔ	pʰu̯ɔ	mu̯ɔ	fu̯ɔ	tu̯ɔ	tʰu̯ɔ	nu̯ɔ	lu̯ɔ	kɤ	kʰɤ	xɤ	ku̯ɔ	kʰu̯ɔ	xu̯ɔ	ʈʂu̯ɔ	ʈʂʰu̯ɔ	ʂu̯ɔ	ʐu̯ɔ	ʦu̯ɔ	ʦʰu̯ɔ	su̯ɔ	ɤ	u̯ɔ
Wade–Giles	po	pTemplate:Wg-aposo	mo	fo	to	tTemplate:Wg-aposo	no	lo	ko	kTemplate:Wg-aposo	ho	kuo	kTemplate:Wg-aposuo	huo	cho	chTemplate:Wg-aposo	shuo	jo	tso	tsTemplate:Wg-aposo	so	o/ê	wo
Bopomofo	ㄅㄛ	ㄆㄛ	ㄇㄛ	ㄈㄛ	ㄉㄨㄛ	ㄊㄨㄛ	ㄋㄨㄛ	ㄌㄨㄛ	ㄍㄜ	ㄎㄜ	ㄏㄜ	ㄍㄨㄛ	ㄎㄨㄛ	ㄏㄨㄛ	ㄓㄨㄛ	ㄔㄨㄛ	ㄕㄨㄛ	ㄖㄨㄛ	ㄗㄨㄛ	ㄘㄨㄛ	ㄙㄨㄛ	ㄜ	ㄨㄛ
Pinyin	bo	po	mo	fo	duo	tuo	nuo	luo	ge	ke	he	guo	kuo	huo	zhuo	chuo	shuo	ruo	zuo	cuo	suo	e	wo

See also

• Wade–Giles
• Pinyin table
• Palladius table
• Zhuyin table