Chinese Phonemes

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8/28/2008

The following tables define the Chinese language phoneme set:

PhoneID 1-100

Symbol	PhoneID	Example
-	1	Syllable boundary (hyphen)
!	2	Sentence terminator (exclamation mark)
&	3	word boundary
,	4	Sentence terminator (comma)
.	5	Sentence terminator (period)
?	6	Sentence terminator (question mark)
_	7	Silence (underscore)
+	8	primary stress
*	9	secondary stress
1	10	Tone 1
2	11	Tone 2
3	12	Tone 3
4	13	Tone 4
5	14	Tone 5
a	15	a 1 fei 1 (rogue)
ai	16	ai 4 ren 2 (lover)
an	17	an 1 quan 2 (safe)
ang	18	ang 1 zang 1 (dirty)
ao	19	jiao 1 ao 4 (proud)
ba	20	ba 4 ba 5 (dad)
bai	21	bai 2 se 4 (white)
ban	22	mu 4 ban 3 (board)
bang	23	bang 3 jia 4 (kidnap)
bao	24	yong 1 bao 4 (embrace)
bei	25	bei 3 fang 1 (north)
ben	26	ben 4 dan 4 (fool)
beng	27	beng 4 tiao 4 (jump)
bi	28	bi 2 zi 5 (nose)
bian	29	bian 4 hua 5 (change)
biao	30	biao 3 ge 2 (table)
bie	31	li 2 bie 2 (part with)
bin	32	bin 1 ke 4 (guest)
bing	33	shi 4 bing 1 (soldier)
bo	34	bo 2 dou 4 (wrestle)
bu	35	bu 4 xing 2 (walk)
ca	36	ca 1 gan 1 (wipe)
cai	37	cai 1 ce 4 (guess)
can	38	can 1 jia 1 (join)
cang	39	cang 1 ying 5 (fly)
cao	40	cao 1 chang 3 (playground)
ce	41	ce 4 liang 2 (measure)
cen	42	cen 1 ci 1 (uneven)
ceng	43	ceng 2 jing 1 (once)
cha	44	jian 3 cha 2 (check)
chai	45	chai 1 hui 3 (demolish)
chan	46	chan 3 ye 4 (industry)
chang	47	jing 1 chang 2 (often)
chao	48	chao 1 yue 4 (exceed)
che	49	qi 4 che 1 (automobile)
chen	50	chen 2 jiu 4 (old)
cheng	51	cheng 2 che 1 (ride)
chi	52	chi 2 dao 4 (late for)
chong	53	chong 1 man 3 (full of)
chou	54	chou 2 hen 4 (hatred)
chu	55	chu 2 fa 3 (division)
chuai	56	chuai 3 ce 4 (guess)
chuan	57	lun 2 chuan 2 (ship)
chuang	58	chuang 4 ye 4 (carve out)
chui	59	tie 3 chui 2 (hammer)
chun	60	chun 1 tian 1 (spring)
chuo	61	wo 4 chuo 4 (dirty)
ci	62	ci 2 qi 4 (porcelain)
cong	63	cong 2 lin 2 (thicket)
cou	64	jin 3 cou 4 (compact)
cu	65	cu 4 xiao 1 (sales promotion)
cuan	66	tao 2 cuan 4 (run away)
cui	67	cui 1 cu 4 (press)
cun	68	xiang 1 cun 1 (country/region)
cuo	69	cuo 4 wu 4 (error)
da	70	da 4 (big)
dai	71	dai 4 biao 3 (delegate)
dan	72	dan 4 shi 4 (but)
dang	73	dang 1 ran 2 (sure)
dao	74	dao 1 (knife)
de	75	de 5 (function word)
dei	76	dei 3 (must)
den	77	den 4 (yank)
deng	78	ban 3 deng 4 (wooden stool)
di	79	di 2 que 4 (certainly)
dia	80	dia 3 (coquetry voice)
dian	81	dian 3 (dot)
diao	82	diao 4 (hang)
die	83	die 1 dao 3 (tumble)
ding	84	jue 2 ding 4 (decide)
diu	85	diu 1 qi 4 (discard)
dong	86	dong 1 fang 1 (east)
dou	87	zhan 4 dou 4 (struggle)
du	88	du 4 jue 2 (stop)
duan	89	duan 3 (short)
dui	90	dui 4 (right)
dun	91	ting 2 dun 4 (halt)
duo	92	duo 1 yu 2 (unnecessary)
e	93	e 4 (hungry)
ei	94	ei 4 (yes)
en	95	en 1 hui 4 (favor)
er	96	er 3 (ear)
fa	97	fa 1 zhan 3 (development)
fan	98	fan 4 (rice)
fang	99	fang 2 jian 1 (room)
fei	100	fei 1 (fly)

PhoneID 101-200

Symbol	PhoneID	Example
fen	101	fen 1 bie 2 (separate)
feng	102	feng 1 (wind)
fo	103	fo 2 (buddha)
fou	104	fou 3 ding 4 (denial)
fu	105	fu 4 qin 1 (father)
ga	106	gan 1 ga 4 (awkward)
gai	107	ying 1 gai 1 (should)
gan	108	gan 1 jing 4 (neatness)
gang	109	gang 1 cai 2 (just)
gao	110	gao 1 (tall)
ge	111	pin 3 ge 2 (character)
gei	112	gei 3 yu 3 (give)
gen	113	gen 1 (root)
geng	114	geng 4 jia 1 (much more)
gong	115	gong 1 ren 2 (worker)
gou	116	zu 2 gou 4 (enough)
gu	117	gu 4 xiang 1 (hometown)
gua	118	xi 1 gua 1 (watermelon)
guai	119	qi 2 guai 4 (oddness)
guan	120	guan 1 bi 4 (close)
guang	121	guang 1 (light)
gui	122	gui 3 (ghost)
gun	123	gun 4 (stick)
guo	124	guo 4 qu 4 (past)
ha	125	ha 1 (sound of laugh)
hai	126	hai 2 zi 5 (child)
han	127	chu 1 han 4 (sweat)
hang	128	hang 2 xing 2 (sail)
hao	129	hao 3 (good)
he	130	he 2 (river)
hei	131	hei 1 (black)
hen	132	hen 3 (very)
heng	133	heng 2 xiang 4 (landscape orientation)
hong	134	hong 2 (red)
hou	135	hou 2 zi 5 (monkey)
hu	136	hu 2 xu 1 (beard)
hua	137	hua 4 (picture)
huai	138	huai 4 (bad)
huan	139	huan 2 jing 4 (environment)
huang	140	huang 2 se 4 (yellow)
hui	141	hui 1 huang 2 (refulgence)
hun	142	hun 2 zhuo 2 (muddy)
huo	143	huo 3 (fire)
ji	144	ji 2 shi 2 (in time)
jia	145	jia 4 qi 1 (holiday)
jian	146	jian 3 dan 1 (simple)
jiang	147	jiang 1 (river)
jiao	148	jiao 1 tong 1 (traffic)
jie	149	jie 2 ri 4 (feast)
jin	150	jin 3 zhang 1 (strain)
jing	151	gan 1 jing 4 (neatness)
jiong	152	jiong 3 po 4 (embarrassed)
jiu	153	jiu 3 (nine)
ju	154	ju 4 zi 5 (sentence)
juan	155	juan 3 qu 1 (curl)
jue	156	jue 2 ding 4 (decide)
jun	157	jun 1 dui 4 (army)
ka	158	ka 3 che 1 (truck)
kai	159	kai 3 xuan 2 (triumph)
kan	160	kan 4 (see)
kang	161	di 3 kang 4 (resist)
kao	162	kao 3 shi 4 (test)
ke	163	ke 3 (thirsty)
kei	164	kei 1 (scold)
ken	165	ken 3 ding 4 (affirm)
keng	166	keng 1 hai 4 (entrap)
kong	167	kong 1 qi 4 (air)
kou	168	kou 3 (mouth)
ku	169	jian 1 ku 3 (trial)
kua	170	kua 1 jiang 3 (praise)
kuai	171	kuai 4 (fast)
kuan	172	kuan 1 kuo 4 (openness)
kuang	173	kong 1 kuang 4 (void)
kui	174	kui 1 qian 4 (owe)
kun	175	kun 4 nan 2 (hard)
kuo	176	kuo 4 da 4 (enlarge)
la	177	la 4 jiao 1 (hot pepper)
lai	178	lai 2 (come)
lan	179	lan 2 se 4 (blue)
lang	180	lang 2 (wolf)
lao	181	lao 3 (old)
le	182	kuai 4 le 4 (happy)
lei	183	lei 2 (thunder)
leng	184	leng 3 ku 4 (steeliness)
li	185	li 2 (pear)
lia	186	lia 2 (two)
lian	187	lian 3 (face)
liang	188	li 4 liang 4 (power)
liao	189	zuo 2 liao 4 (seasoning)
lie	190	lin 3 lie 4 (severe)
lin	191	lin 3 lie 4 (severe)
ling	192	ling 2 mu 4 (mausoleum)
liu	193	liu 2 dong 4 (flow)
lo	194	lo 5 (function word)
long	195	long 2 (dragon)
lou	196	lou 4 (leak)
lu	197	lu 4 di 4 (land)
luan	198	hun 4 luan 4 (chaos)
lue	199	ce 4 lue 4 (tactic)
lun	200	yi 4 lun 4 (discuss)

PhoneID 201-300

Symbol	PhoneID	Example
luo	201	xia 4 luo 4 (whereabouts)
lv	202	lv 4 se 4 (green)
ma	203	ma 3 (horse)
mai	204	mai 2 zang 4 (bury)
man	205	man 3 zu 2 (satisfy)
mang	206	cong 1 mang 2 (hurry)
mao	207	mao 1 (cat)
me	208	shen 2 me 5 (what)
mei	209	mei 2 you 3 (no)
men	210	wo 3 men 2 (we)
meng	211	meng 4 (dream)
mi	212	hun 1 mi 2 (coma)
mian	213	mian 4 ji 5 (area)
miao	214	miao 4 (temple)
mie	215	mie 4 jue 2 (annihilation)
min	216	ren 2 min 2 (people)
ming	217	ming 2 bai 2 (clearness)
miu	218	huang 1 miu 4 (absurd)
mo	219	mo 4 shui 3 (ink)
mou	220	mou 2 lue 4 (trick)
mu	221	mu 4 biao 1 (target)
na	222	na 4 li 3 (there)
nai	223	nai 3 nai 5 (grandmother)
nan	224	nan 2 fang 1 (south)
nang	225	nang 2 kuo 4 (include)
nao	226	re 4 nao 4 (liveliness)
ne	227	mu 4 ne 4 (numb)
nei	228	nei 4 bu 4 (inside)
nen	229	nen 4 lv 4 (light green)
neng	230	neng 2 gou 4 (be capable of)
ni	231	ni 3 (you)
nian	232	nian 2 (year)
niang	233	gu 1 niang 5 (girl)
niao	234	niao 3 (bird)
nie	235	nie 4 (bite)
nin	236	nin 2 (you)
ning	237	an 1 ning 2 (peace)
niu	238	niu 2 (bull)
nong	239	nong 2 min 2 (farmer)
nou	240	nou 4 (weeding)
nu	241	nu 3 li 4 (try hard)
nuan	242	wen 1 nuan 3 (warm)
nue	243	nue 4 dai 4 (abuse)
nuo	244	nuo 4 yan 2 (promise)
nv	245	nv 3 zi 3 (woman)
o	246	o 5 (function word)
ou	247	ou 1 yang 2 (Chinese first name)
pa	248	hai 4 pa 4 (scare)
pai	249	pai 4 qian 3 (send)
pan	250	pan 4 tu 2 (betrayer)
pang	251	pang 2 da 4 (huge)
pao	252	pao 3 (run)
pei	253	pei 2 ban 4 (accompany)
pen	254	pen 2 di 4 (pan)
peng	255	peng 2 pai 4 (surge)
pi	256	pi 2 fu 1 (skin)
pian	257	qi 1 pian 4 (cheat)
piao	258	piao 4 liang 4 (pretty)
pie	259	pie 1 kai 1 (put aside)
pin	260	pin 2 fan 2 (frequency)
ping	261	ping 2 zi 5 (bottle)
po	262	po 4 huai 4 (damage)
pou	263	pou 2 (hold someting with cupped hand)
pu	264	pu 2 tao 5 (grape)
qi	265	qi 3 qiu 2 (beg)
qia	266	qia 4 dang 4 (proper)
qian	267	qian 1 xu 1 (humility)
qiang	268	qiang 2 da 4 (powerful)
qiao	269	qiao 3 miao 4 (artifice)
qie	270	xiu 1 qie 4 (shyness)
qin	271	qin 1 zi 4 (oneself)
qing	272	qing 1 song 1 (easy)
qiong	273	qiong 2 (poverty)
qiu	274	qiu 2 fan 4 (prisoner)
qu	275	qu 1 dong 4 (drive)
quan	276	quan 2 bu 4 (all)
que	277	que 4 ding 4 (ensure)
qun	278	qun 2 zhong 4 (crowd)
ran	279	ran 2 hou 4 (then)
rang	280	tu 3 rang 3 (soil)
rao	281	wei 2 rao 4 (surround)
re	282	re 4 (hot)
ren	283	ren 2 lei 4 (human being)
reng	284	reng 2 ran 2 (all the same)
ri	285	ri 4 chu 1 (sunrise)
rong	286	rong 2 yao 4 (glory)
rou	287	niu 2 rou 4 (beef)
ru	288	ru 2 guo 3 (if)
ruan	289	rou 2 ruan 3 (soft)
rui	290	rui 4 zhi 4 (smart)
run	291	shi 1 run 4 (wetness)
ruo	292	ruo 4 xiao 3 (puniness)
sa	293	sa 1 (three)
sai	294	bi 3 sai 4 (compete)
san	295	fen 1 san 4 (disperse)
sang	296	sang 4 (die)
sao	297	da 3 sao 3 (sweep)
se	298	yan 2 se 4 (color)
sen	299	sen 1 lin 2 (forest)
seng	300	seng 1 lv 3 (monk)

PhoneID 301-400

Symbol	PhoneID	Example
sha	301	sha 1 chang 3 (battlefield)
shai	302	ri 4 shai 4 (be exposed to the sun)
shan	303	shan 4 liang 2 (goodness)
shang	304	shang 4 mian 4 (top)
shao	305	shao 4 nian 2 (youth)
she	306	she 2 (snake)
shei	307	shei 2 (who)
shen	308	shen 2 me 5 (what)
sheng	309	sheng 1 yin 1 (voice)
shi	310	shi 4 fei 1 (dispute)
shou	311	shou 3 (hand)
shu	312	shu 4 mu 4 (tree)
shua	313	shua 1 zi 5 (brush)
shuai	314	shuai 1 da 3 (beat)
shuan	315	men 2 shuan 1 (latch)
shuang	316	shuang 1 (pair)
shui	317	shui 3 (water)
shun	318	shun 4 li 4 (all right)
shuo	319	shuo 1 (say)
si	320	si 4 (four)
song	321	song 4 bie 2 (send-off)
sou	322	sou 1 cha 2 (search)
su	323	su 4 du 4 (speed)
suan	324	suan 4 fa 3 (arithmetic)
sui	325	sui 1 ran 2 (though)
sun	326	sun 3 shi 1 (loss)
suo	327	suo 3 yi 3 (so)
ta	328	ta 1 men 2 (they)
tai	329	tai 4 (too)
tan	330	tan 2 hua 4 (talk)
tang	331	tang 2 (sugar)
tao	332	tao 2 pao 3 (flee)
te	333	te 4 bie 2 (special)
tei	334	tei 1 (very)
teng	335	ben 1 teng 2 (riot)
ti	336	ti 1 zi 5 (ladder)
tian	337	tian 1 (sky)
tiao	338	tiao 4 yue 4 (jump)
tie	339	tie 3 (iron)
ting	340	ting 1 (listen)
tong	341	tong 3 yi 1 (unify)
tou	342	tou 2 (head)
tu	343	tu 3 di 4 (earth)
tuan	344	tuan 2 jie 2 (solidify)
tui	345	tui 1 dong 4 (push)
tun	346	tun 2 ji 1 (store up)
tuo	347	tuo 1 yi 1 (undress)
wa	348	qing 1 wa 1 (frog)
wai	349	wai 4 mian 4 (outside)
wan	350	wan 4 (ten thousands)
wang	351	si 3 wang 2 (death)
wei	352	wei 3 da 4 (great)
wen	353	wen 2 hua 4 (culture)
weng	354	lao 3 weng 1 (oldman)
wo	355	wo 3 (I)
wu	356	wu 2 lun 4 (no matter what)
xi	357	xi 1 fang 1 (west)
xia	358	xia 4 mian 4 (bottom)
xian	359	xian 4 zai 4 (now)
xiang	360	xiang 4 (like)
xiao	361	xiao 3 (small)
xie	362	xie 3 (write)
xin	363	xin 1 (new)
xing	364	xing 2 dong 4 (act)
xiong	365	xiong 2 (bear)
xiu	366	xiu 1 xi 5 (break)
xu	367	xu 1 yao 4 (need)
xuan	368	xuan 1 bu 4 (declare)
xue	369	xue 3 (snow)
xun	370	xun 2 wen 4 (ask for)
ya	371	ya 4 zhou 1 (Asia)
yan	372	yan 4 zi 5 (swallow)
yang	373	tai 4 yang 2 (sun)
yao	374	yao 1 qiu 2 (require)
ye	375	ye 2 ye 5 (grandfather)
yi	376	yi 1 (one)
yin	377	yin 1 yue 4 (music)
ying	378	ying 1 gai 1 (should)
yo	379	yo 5 (function word)
yong	380	yong 3 yuan 3 (forever)
you	381	you 2 yu 2 (due to)
yu	382	yu 2 (fish)
yuan	383	yuan 2 lai 2 (formerly)
yue	384	yue 4 (month)
yun	385	yun 2 (cloud)
za	386	za 2 luan 4 (disorder)
zai	387	zai 4 jian 4 (farewell)
zan	388	zan 2 men 5 (our)
zang	389	ang 1 zang 1 (dirty)
zao	390	zao 3 chen 2 (morning)
ze	391	ze 2 ren 4 (response)
zei	392	zei 2 (thief)
zen	393	zan 4 yang 2 (praise)
zeng	394	zeng 1 jia 1 (add)
zha	395	zha 4 dan 4 (bomb)
zhai	396	qian 4 zhai 4 (owe)
zhan	397	zhan 4 li 4 (stand)
zhang	398	zhang 1 kai 1 (open)
zhao	399	zhao 1 huan 4 (summon)
zhe	400	zhe 4 li 3 (here)

PhoneID 401-422

Symbol	PhoneID	Example
zhei	401	zhei 5 (this)
zhen	402	zhen 1 zheng 4 (real)
zheng	403	zheng 4 yi 4 (justice)
zhi	404	yi 4 zhi 4 (restrain)
zhong	405	zhong 1 guo 2 (China)
zhou	406	si 4 zhou 1 (around)
zhu	407	zhu 1 (pig)
zhua	408	zhua 1 (grab)
zhuai	409	zhuai 4 (pull)
zhuan	410	zhuan 1 (brick)
zhuang	411	zhuang 1 (pretend)
zhui	412	zhui 1 (chase)
zhun	413	zhun 3 (precise)
zhuo	414	zhuo 1 (table)
zi	415	zi 4 (character)
zong	416	zong 3 (total)
zou	417	zou 3 (walk)
zu	418	zu 1 (rent)
zuan	419	zuan 4 (diamond)
zui	420	zui 4 (most)
zun	421	zun 1 (respect)
zuo	422	zuo 4 (sit)

See Also

Concepts

International Phoneme Representation
Japanese Phonemes