Difference between revisions of "Pinyin: the "ü" vowel"
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Also, don't think that “ü” must be basically the same as "u." They're not the same sounds; those two dots make a big difference!
 
Also, don't think that “ü” must be basically the same as "u." They're not the same sounds; those two dots make a big difference!
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-v" id="-üe"><strong>-üe</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-v" id="-üan"><strong>-üan</strong></th>
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<td class="row-null col-v" id="yue"><div class="table-pinyin">yue</div><div class="table-link">[[yue]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[y̯œ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄩㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">yüeh</div></td>
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</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄩㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">yün</div></td>
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<td class="row-dtnl col-v" id="nüe"><div class="table-pinyin">nüe</div><div class="table-link">[[nüe]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ny̯œ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄋㄩㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">nüeh</div></td>
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<td class="row-dtnl col-v" id="lüe"><div class="table-pinyin">lüe</div><div class="table-link">[[lüe]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ly̯œ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄌㄩㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">lüeh</div></td>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-v col-placeholder last-row"><strong>-ü-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-v" id="-ü"><strong>-ü</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-v" id="-üe"><strong>-üe</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-v" id="-üan"><strong>-üan</strong></th>
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Revision as of 08:47, 20 February 2015

So you've learned 5 vowel sounds already, but those are not all the vowel sounds in Mandarin Chinese! The “ü” vowel is a totally different sound, and it does not exist in English. If you speak French or German you might be familiar with this sound, but otherwise, you probably have to train your mouth to make a whole new sound.

Also, don't think that “ü” must be basically the same as "u." They're not the same sounds; those two dots make a big difference!

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-ü- -ü -üe -üan -ün
∅-
yu
yu
[y]
ㄩ
yü
yue
yue
[y̯œ]
ㄩㄝ
yüeh
yuan
yuan
[y̯ɛn]
ㄩㄢ
yüan
yun
yun
[yn]
ㄩㄣ
yün
 ∅-
b- b-
p- p-
m- m-
f- f-
d- d-
t- t-
n-
nü
nü
[ny]
ㄋㄩ
nü
nüe
nüe
[ny̯œ]
ㄋㄩㄝ
nüeh
 n-
l-
lü
lü
[ly]
ㄌㄩ
lü
lüe
lüe
[ly̯œ]
ㄌㄩㄝ
lüeh
 l-
z- z-
c- c-
s- s-
zh- zh-
ch- ch-
sh- sh-
r- r-
g- g-
k- k-
h- h-
-ü- -ü -üe -üan -ün


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