Yale Romanization

Pinyin to Yale Romanization

CONVERSION CHART

This conversion chart provides a quick and convenient reference
for students using textbooks or other materials
in which pinyin spellings occur.
It shows only those spellings in pinyin that differ from those
in Yale romanization system.
The tone marks for both systems are -, /, v, and \, for tones 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

A.

INITIALS (聲母)

Pinyin Yale
c ts
(ch=ch)
q ch (before i or y)
x s (before y)
z dz
zh j (except before i or y)

B.

MEDIALS (介中音)

Pinyin Yale
-i- -y-
-u- -w-

C.

FINALS (尾韻)

Pinyin Yale
ao au
iu you
o wo
ong ung
ui wei
un wun

D.

FULL SYLLABLES (全音節)

Pinyin Yale
ci tsz
ju jyu
jun jyun
l[..u] lyu
n[..u] nyu
n[..u]e nywe
qu chyu
quan chywan
que chywe

ri r
shi shr
si sz
xu syu
xuan sywan
xue sywe
xun syun
zhi jr
zi dz

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舉例:

注音, 漢字, 拼音, Yale 音, 及 定義.

ㄉㄚ\ ㄒㄧㄠv
大 小
da\ xia\o
da-4 syau-2
Definition: size

ㄓ ㄉㄠ\
知 道
zhi- da\o
jr-1 dau-4
Definition: to know

ㄎㄜ\ ㄑㄧ\
客 氣
ke\ qi\
ke-4 chi-4
Definition: be polite

ㄌㄩv ㄒㄧㄥ/
旅 行
l[v..u] xing
lyu-3 sying-2
Definition: to travel

ㄒㄩㄝ/ ㄏㄨㄟ\
學 會
xue/ hui\
sywe-2 hwei-4
Definition: to learn

ㄅㄚ\ ㄏㄠv
不 好
bu\ h[av]o
bu-4 hau-3
Definition: No good!