This Wade–Giles table is a complete listing of all Wade–Giles syllables used in Standard Chinese.A Chinese-English Dictionary. 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: GroupSpecial combinationii+ê/o=ieh i+ou=iui+an=ieni+ên=ini+êng=inguu+ê/o=o/uou+ei=ui/uei u+ên=unu+êng=ungüü+ê/o=üeh ü+ên=ünü+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 p m f t t n l k k h ch ch hs ch ch sh j ts ts s Group a Finals ih/ŭ chih chih shih jih tzŭ tzŭ ssŭ ih/ŭ Group a Finals a a pa pa ma fa ta ta na la ka ka ha cha cha sha tsa tsa sa a ê/o ê/o mê tê tê nê lê ko ko ho chê chê shê jê tsê tsê sê ê/o ai ai pai pai mai tai tai nai lai kai kai hai chai chai shai tsai tsai sai ai ei ei pei pei mei fei tei tei nei lei kei hei chei shei tsei ei ao ao pao pao mao tao tao nao lao kao kao hao chao chao shao jao tsao tsao sao ao ou ou pou mou fou tou tou nou lou kou kou hou chou chou shou jou tsou tsou sou ou an an pan pan man fan tan tan nan lan kan kan han chan chan shan jan tsan tsan san an ên ên pên pên mên fên tên nên kên kên hên chên chên shên jên tsên tsên sên ên ang ang pang pang mang fang tang tang nang lang kang kang hang chang chang shang jang tsang tsang sang ang êng êng pêng pêng mêng fêng têng têng nêng lêng kêng kêng hêng chêng chêng shêng jêng tsêng tsêng sêng êng êrh êrh êrh Group i Finals i i/yi pi pi mi ti ti ni li chi chi hsi i Group i Finals ia ya tia lia chia chia hsia ia ieh yeh pieh pieh mieh tieh tieh nieh lieh chieh chieh hsieh ieh iai yai iai iao yao piao piao miao tiao tiao niao liao chiao chiao hsiao iao iu yu miu tiu niu liu chiu chiu hsiu iu ien yen pien pien mien tien tien nien lien chien chien hsien ien in yin pin pin min nin lin chin chin hsin in iang yang niang liang chiang chiang hsiang iang ing ying ping ping ming ting ting ning ling ching ching hsing ing Group u Finals u wu pu pu mu fu tu tu nu lu ku ku hu chu chu shu ju tsu tsu su u Group u Finals ua wa kua kua hua chua chua shua jua ua o/uo wo po po mo fo to to no lo kuo kuo huo cho cho/chuo shuo jo tso tso so o/uo uai wai kuai kuai huai chuai chuai shuai uai ui/uei wei tui tui kuei kuei hui chui chui shui jui tsui tsui sui ui/uei uan wan tuan tuan nuan luan kuan kuan huan chuan chuan shuan juan tsuan tsuan suan uan un wên tun tun nun lun kun kun hun chun chun shun jun tsun tsun sun un uang wang kuang kuang huang chuang chuang shuang uang ung wêng tung tung nung lung kung kung hung chung chung jung tsung tsung sung ung Group ü Finals ü yü nü lü chü chü hsü ü Group ü Finals üeh yüeh nüeh lüeh chüeh chüeh hsüeh üeh üan yüan lüan chüan chüan hsüan üan ün yün chün chün hsün ün iung yung chiung chiung hsiung iung Wade–Giles table ∅ p p m f t t n l k k h ch ch hs ch ch sh j ts ts s Wade–Giles table Initials
Colour Legend: {|class=wikitable |width=200 style="background:#EEEEEE;" | "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 |width=200 style="background:#CCCCCC;" | Final of i, u, ü groups is a modified combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final |width=200| syllable is direct combination of initial and final (or follows rules for no-initial syllables outlined at the top of the page) |width=200 style="background:#FFFFCC;" | syllable is written with the less common of the two spellings of the final;note the special spelling of the initials ts, ts, s in the syllables tzŭ, tzŭ, ssŭ, and the two variants cho and chuo. |} Syllables that end with o have either the o/uo final or the ê/o final: {|class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" !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||po||mo||fo||to||to||no||lo||ko||ko||ho||kuo||kuo||huo||cho||cho||shuo||jo||tso||tso||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
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