Difference between revisions of "Pinyin: the "ch" "sh" and "zh" sounds"
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The sounds represented by "ch," "sh," and "zh" in pinyin are all very similar sounds in Chinese. They're meant to be grouped together, and they should be learned together. The good news is that these sounds are not too different from the English "ch," "sh," and "j" sounds (note that "zh" sounds like the ''English'' "j" sound; the ''pinyin'' "j" sound is totally different beast, to be introduced later).
 
The sounds represented by "ch," "sh," and "zh" in pinyin are all very similar sounds in Chinese. They're meant to be grouped together, and they should be learned together. The good news is that these sounds are not too different from the English "ch," "sh," and "j" sounds (note that "zh" sounds like the ''English'' "j" sound; the ''pinyin'' "j" sound is totally different beast, to be introduced later).
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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="first-row last-col"></th>
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</tr>
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<tr><!--  ZH- ROW  -->
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<th class="row-zhchshr first-col" id="zh-"><strong>zh-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="zha"><div class="table-pinyin">zha</div><div class="table-link">[[zha]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">cha</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="zhai"><div class="table-pinyin">zhai</div><div class="table-link">[[zhai]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂaɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄞ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chai</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="zhao"><div class="table-pinyin">zhao</div><div class="table-link">[[zhao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chao</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="zhan"><div class="table-pinyin">zhan</div><div class="table-link">[[zhan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂan]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="zhang"><div class="table-pinyin">zhang</div><div class="table-link">[[zhang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="zhe"><div class="table-pinyin">zhe</div><div class="table-link">[[zhe]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂɯ̯ʌ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄜ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">che</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="zhei"><div class="table-pinyin">zhei</div><div class="table-link">[[zhei]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂeɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄟ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chei</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="zhen"><div class="table-pinyin">zhen</div><div class="table-link">[[zhen]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chen</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="zheng"><div class="table-pinyin">zheng</div><div class="table-link">[[zheng]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂəŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">cheng</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="zhou"><div class="table-pinyin">zhou</div><div class="table-link">[[zhou]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chou</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="zhong"><div class="table-pinyin">zhong</div><div class="table-link">[[zhong]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʊŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chung</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i" id="zhi"><div class="table-pinyin">zhi</div><div class="table-link">[[zhi]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʅ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chih</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhu"><div class="table-pinyin">zhu</div><div class="table-link">[[zhu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chu</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhua"><div class="table-pinyin">zhua</div><div class="table-link">[[zhua]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chua</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhuai"><div class="table-pinyin">zhuai</div><div class="table-link">[[zhuai]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu̯aɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄞ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chuai</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhui"><div class="table-pinyin">zhui</div><div class="table-link">[[zhui]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu̯eɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄟ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chui</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhuo"><div class="table-pinyin">zhuo</div><div class="table-link">[[zhuo]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu̯ɔ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄛ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">cho</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhuan"><div class="table-pinyin">zhuan</div><div class="table-link">[[zhuan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu̯an]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chuan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhuang"><div class="table-pinyin">zhuang</div><div class="table-link">[[zhuang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂ̯u̯ɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chuang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="zhun"><div class="table-pinyin">zhun</div><div class="table-link">[[zhun]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂu̯ən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄓㄨㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chun</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u"></td>
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<th class="row-zhchshr last-col" id="zh-"><strong>zh-</strong></th>
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<tr><!--  CH- ROW  -->
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<th class="row-zhchshr first-col" id="ch-"><strong>ch-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="cha"><div class="table-pinyin">cha</div><div class="table-link">[[cha]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'a</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="chai"><div class="table-pinyin">chai</div><div class="table-link">[[chai]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰaɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄞ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ai</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="chao"><div class="table-pinyin">chao</div><div class="table-link">[[chao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ao</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="chan"><div class="table-pinyin">chan</div><div class="table-link">[[chan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰan]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'an</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="chang"><div class="table-pinyin">chang</div><div class="table-link">[[chang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="che"><div class="table-pinyin">che</div><div class="table-link">[[che]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰɯ̯ʌ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄜ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'e</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="chen"><div class="table-pinyin">chen</div><div class="table-link">[[chen]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'en</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="cheng"><div class="table-pinyin">cheng</div><div class="table-link">[[cheng]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰəŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'eng</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="chou"><div class="table-pinyin">chou</div><div class="table-link">[[chou]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ou</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="chong"><div class="table-pinyin">chong</div><div class="table-link">[[chong]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰʊŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ung</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i" id="chi"><div class="table-pinyin">chi</div><div class="table-link">[[chi]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰʅ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ih</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chu"><div class="table-pinyin">chu</div><div class="table-link">[[chu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'u</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chua"><div class="table-pinyin">chua</div><div class="table-link">[[chua]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ua</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chuai"><div class="table-pinyin">chuai</div><div class="table-link">[[chuai]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯aɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄞ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'uai</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chui"><div class="table-pinyin">chui</div><div class="table-link">[[chui]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯eɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄟ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ui</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chuo"><div class="table-pinyin">chuo</div><div class="table-link">[[chuo]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯ɔ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄛ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'o</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chuan"><div class="table-pinyin">chuan</div><div class="table-link">[[chuan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯an]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'uan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chuang"><div class="table-pinyin">chuang</div><div class="table-link">[[chuang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯ɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'uang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="chun"><div class="table-pinyin">chun</div><div class="table-link">[[chun]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tʂʰu̯ən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄔㄨㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'un</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-v"></td>
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<th class="row-zhchshr last-col" id="ch-"><strong>ch-</strong></th>
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</tr>
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<tr><!--  SH- ROW  -->
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<th class="row-zhchshr first-col" id="sh-"><strong>sh-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="sha"><div class="table-pinyin">sha</div><div class="table-link">[[sha]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">sha</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="shai"><div class="table-pinyin">shai</div><div class="table-link">[[shai]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂaɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄞ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shai</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="shao"><div class="table-pinyin">shao</div><div class="table-link">[[shao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shao</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="shan"><div class="table-pinyin">shan</div><div class="table-link">[[shan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂan]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-a" id="shang"><div class="table-pinyin">shang</div><div class="table-link">[[shang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="she"><div class="table-pinyin">she</div><div class="table-link">[[she]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂɯ̯ʌ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄜ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">she</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="shei"><div class="table-pinyin">shei</div><div class="table-link">[[shei]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂeɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄟ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shei</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="shen"><div class="table-pinyin">shen</div><div class="table-link">[[shen]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shen</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e" id="sheng"><div class="table-pinyin">sheng</div><div class="table-link">[[sheng]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂəŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">sheng</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-e"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o" id="shou"><div class="table-pinyin">shou</div><div class="table-link">[[shou]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shou</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-o"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i" id="shi"><div class="table-pinyin">shi</div><div class="table-link">[[shi]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂʅ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shih</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shu"><div class="table-pinyin">shu</div><div class="table-link">[[shu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shu</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shua"><div class="table-pinyin">shua</div><div class="table-link">[[shua]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shua</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shuai"><div class="table-pinyin">shuai</div><div class="table-link">[[shuai]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯aɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄞ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shuai</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shui"><div class="table-pinyin">shui</div><div class="table-link">[[shui]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯eɪ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄟ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shui</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shuo"><div class="table-pinyin">shuo</div><div class="table-link">[[shuo]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯ɔ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄛ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">sho</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shuan"><div class="table-pinyin">shuan</div><div class="table-link">[[shuan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯an]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shuan</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shuang"><div class="table-pinyin">shuang</div><div class="table-link">[[shuang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯ɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shuang</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u" id="shun"><div class="table-pinyin">shun</div><div class="table-link">[[shun]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ʂu̯ən]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄕㄨㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">shun</div></td>
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<td class="row-zhchshr col-u"></td>
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<th class="row-zhchshr last-col" id="sh-"><strong>sh-</strong></th>
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</tr>
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</table></div>
  
 
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Revision as of 08:39, 20 February 2015

The sounds represented by "ch," "sh," and "zh" in pinyin are all very similar sounds in Chinese. They're meant to be grouped together, and they should be learned together. The good news is that these sounds are not too different from the English "ch," "sh," and "j" sounds (note that "zh" sounds like the English "j" sound; the pinyin "j" sound is totally different beast, to be introduced later).

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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
zh-
zha
zha
[tʂɑ]
ㄓㄚ
cha
zhai
zhai
[tʂaɪ̯]
ㄓㄞ
chai
zhao
zhao
[tʂɑʊ̯]
ㄓㄠ
chao
zhan
zhan
[tʂan]
ㄓㄢ
chan
zhang
zhang
[tʂɑŋ]
ㄓㄤ
chang
zhe
zhe
[tʂɯ̯ʌ]
ㄓㄜ
che
zhei
zhei
[tʂeɪ̯]
ㄓㄟ
chei
zhen
zhen
[tʂən]
ㄓㄣ
chen
zheng
zheng
[tʂəŋ]
ㄓㄥ
cheng
zhou
zhou
[tʂɤʊ̯]
ㄓㄡ
chou
zhong
zhong
[tʂʊŋ]
ㄓㄨㄥ
chung
zhi
zhi
[tʂʅ]
ㄓ
chih
zhu
zhu
[tʂu]
ㄓㄨ
chu
zhua
zhua
[tʂu̯ɑ]
ㄓㄨㄚ
chua
zhuai
zhuai
[tʂu̯aɪ̯]
ㄓㄨㄞ
chuai
zhui
zhui
[tʂu̯eɪ̯]
ㄓㄨㄟ
chui
zhuo
zhuo
[tʂu̯ɔ]
ㄓㄨㄛ
cho
zhuan
zhuan
[tʂu̯an]
ㄓㄨㄢ
chuan
zhuang
zhuang
[tʂ̯u̯ɑŋ]
ㄓㄨㄤ
chuang
zhun
zhun
[tʂu̯ən]
ㄓㄨㄣ
chun
 zh-
ch-
cha
cha
[tʂʰɑ]
ㄔㄚ
ch'a
chai
chai
[tʂʰaɪ̯]
ㄔㄞ
ch'ai
chao
chao
[tʂʰɑʊ̯]
ㄔㄠ
ch'ao
chan
chan
[tʂʰan]
ㄔㄢ
ch'an
chang
chang
[tʂʰɑŋ]
ㄔㄤ
ch'ang
che
che
[tʂʰɯ̯ʌ]
ㄔㄜ
ch'e
chen
chen
[tʂʰən]
ㄔㄣ
ch'en
cheng
cheng
[tʂʰəŋ]
ㄔㄥ
ch'eng
chou
chou
[tʂʰɤʊ̯]
ㄔㄡ
ch'ou
chong
chong
[tʂʰʊŋ]
ㄔㄨㄥ
ch'ung
chi
chi
[tʂʰʅ]
ㄔ
ch'ih
chu
chu
[tʂʰu]
ㄔㄨ
ch'u
chua
chua
[tʂʰu̯ɑ]
ㄔㄨㄚ
ch'ua
chuai
chuai
[tʂʰu̯aɪ̯]
ㄔㄨㄞ
ch'uai
chui
chui
[tʂʰu̯eɪ̯]
ㄔㄨㄟ
ch'ui
chuo
chuo
[tʂʰu̯ɔ]
ㄔㄨㄛ
ch'o
chuan
chuan
[tʂʰu̯an]
ㄔㄨㄢ
ch'uan
chuang
chuang
[tʂʰu̯ɑŋ]
ㄔㄨㄤ
ch'uang
chun
chun
[tʂʰu̯ən]
ㄔㄨㄣ
ch'un
 ch-
sh-
sha
sha
[ʂɑ]
ㄕㄚ
sha
shai
shai
[ʂaɪ̯]
ㄕㄞ
shai
shao
shao
[ʂɑʊ̯]
ㄕㄠ
shao
shan
shan
[ʂan]
ㄕㄢ
shan
shang
shang
[ʂɑŋ]
ㄕㄤ
shang
she
she
[ʂɯ̯ʌ]
ㄕㄜ
she
shei
shei
[ʂeɪ̯]
ㄕㄟ
shei
shen
shen
[ʂən]
ㄕㄣ
shen
sheng
sheng
[ʂəŋ]
ㄕㄥ
sheng
shou
shou
[ʂɤʊ̯]
ㄕㄡ
shou
shi
shi
[ʂʅ]
ㄕ
shih
shu
shu
[ʂu]
ㄕㄨ
shu
shua
shua
[ʂu̯ɑ]
ㄕㄨㄚ
shua
shuai
shuai
[ʂu̯aɪ̯]
ㄕㄨㄞ
shuai
shui
shui
[ʂu̯eɪ̯]
ㄕㄨㄟ
shui
shuo
shuo
[ʂu̯ɔ]
ㄕㄨㄛ
sho
shuan
shuan
[ʂu̯an]
ㄕㄨㄢ
shuan
shuang
shuang
[ʂu̯ɑŋ]
ㄕㄨㄤ
shuang
shun
shun
[ʂu̯ən]
ㄕㄨㄣ
shun
 sh-


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