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Have you every noticed that the "r" sound is different in many foreign languages? English, Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese, German... the "r" sound is different in every one. Well, guess what? It's also different in Mandarin Chinese. Pinyin "r" does not make the same sound as "r" in English. In fact, the Mandarin Chinese "r" sound '''''does not exist''' in English'', so you're going to have to train yourself to make the sound.
 
Have you every noticed that the "r" sound is different in many foreign languages? English, Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese, German... the "r" sound is different in every one. Well, guess what? It's also different in Mandarin Chinese. Pinyin "r" does not make the same sound as "r" in English. In fact, the Mandarin Chinese "r" sound '''''does not exist''' in English'', so you're going to have to train yourself to make the sound.
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-a col-placeholder first-row"><strong>-a-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-a" id="-a"><strong>-a</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-a" id="-ai"><strong>-ai</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-a" id="-ao"><strong>-ao</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-a" id="-an"><strong>-an</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-a" id="-ang"><strong>-ang</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-e col-placeholder first-row"><strong>-e-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-e" id="-e"><strong>-e</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-e" id="-ei"><strong>-ei</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-e" id="-en"><strong>-en</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-e" id="-eng"><strong>-eng</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-e" id="-er"><strong>-er</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-o col-placeholder first-row"><strong>-o-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-o" id="-o"><strong>-o</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-o" id="-ou"><strong>-ou</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-o" id="-ong"><strong>-ong</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-i col-placeholder first-row"><strong>-i-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-i"><strong>-i</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-i*"><strong>-i*</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-ia"><strong>-ia</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-iao"><strong>-iao</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-ie"><strong>-ie</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-iou"><strong>-iou</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-ian"><strong>-ian</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-iang"><strong>-iang</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-in"><strong>-in</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-ing"><strong>-ing</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-i" id="-iong"><strong>-iong</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-u col-placeholder first-row"><strong>-u-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-u"><strong>-u</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-ua"><strong>-ua</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-uai"><strong>-uai</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-uei"><strong>-uei</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-uo"><strong>-uo</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-uan"><strong>-uan</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-uang"><strong>-uang</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-uen"><strong>-uen</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-u" id="-ueng"><strong>-ueng</strong></th>
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<th class="row-zhchshr first-col" id="r-"><strong>r-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="rao"><div class="table-pinyin">rao</div><div class="table-link">[[rao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jao</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="ran"><div class="table-pinyin">ran</div><div class="table-link">[[ran]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐan]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="rang"><div class="table-pinyin">rang</div><div class="table-link">[[rang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="re"><div class="table-pinyin">re</div><div class="table-link">[[re]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐɯ̯ʌ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄜ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">je</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="ren"><div class="table-pinyin">ren</div><div class="table-link">[[ren]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jen</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="reng"><div class="table-pinyin">reng</div><div class="table-link">[[reng]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐəŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jeng</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="rou"><div class="table-pinyin">rou</div><div class="table-link">[[rou]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jou</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="rong"><div class="table-pinyin">rong</div><div class="table-link">[[rong]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐʊŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jung</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i" id="ri"><div class="table-pinyin">ri</div><div class="table-link">[[ri]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐʅ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jih</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="ru"><div class="table-pinyin">ru</div><div class="table-link">[[ru]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐu]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ju</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="rua"><div class="table-pinyin">rua</div><div class="table-link">[[rua]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐu̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jua</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="rui"><div class="table-pinyin">rui</div><div class="table-link">[[rui]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐu̯eɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨㄟ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jui</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="ruo"><div class="table-pinyin">ruo</div><div class="table-link">[[ruo]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐu̯ɔ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨㄛ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jo</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="ruan"><div class="table-pinyin">ruan</div><div class="table-link">[[ruan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐu̯an]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">juan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="run"><div class="table-pinyin">run</div><div class="table-link">[[run]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʐu̯ən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄖㄨㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">jun</div></td>
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<th class="row-zhchshr last-col" id="r-"><strong>r-</strong></th>
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Revision as of 08:40, 20 February 2015

Have you every noticed that the "r" sound is different in many foreign languages? English, Spanish, Russian, French, Japanese, German... the "r" sound is different in every one. Well, guess what? It's also different in Mandarin Chinese. Pinyin "r" does not make the same sound as "r" in English. In fact, the Mandarin Chinese "r" sound does not exist in English, so you're going to have to train yourself to make the sound.

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-a- -a -ai -ao -an -ang -e- -e -ei -en -eng -er -o- -o -ou -ong -i- -i -i* -ia -iao -ie -iou -ian -iang -in -ing -iong -u- -u -ua -uai -uei -uo -uan -uang -uen -ueng
r-
rao
rao
[ʐɑʊ̯]
ㄖㄠ
jao
ran
ran
[ʐan]
ㄖㄢ
jan
rang
rang
[ʐɑŋ]
ㄖㄤ
jang
re
re
[ʐɯ̯ʌ]
ㄖㄜ
je
ren
ren
[ʐən]
ㄖㄣ
jen
reng
reng
[ʐəŋ]
ㄖㄥ
jeng
rou
rou
[ʐɤʊ̯]
ㄖㄡ
jou
rong
rong
[ʐʊŋ]
ㄖㄨㄥ
jung
ri
ri
[ʐʅ]
ㄖ
jih
ru
ru
[ʐu]
ㄖㄨ
ju
rua
rua
[ʐu̯ɑ]
ㄖㄨㄚ
jua
rui
rui
[ʐu̯eɪ̯]
ㄖㄨㄟ
jui
ruo
ruo
[ʐu̯ɔ]
ㄖㄨㄛ
jo
ruan
ruan
[ʐu̯an]
ㄖㄨㄢ
juan
run
run
[ʐu̯ən]
ㄖㄨㄣ
jun
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