Fan

Syllable: "fan"

Composition

Initial: f-
Final: -an
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Low
Can be written
- Pinyin: fan
- IPA: [fan]
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ
- Wade-Giles: fan
Linguistic description

voiceless labiodental fricative
low central unrounded
voiced dental nasal

The pinyin "fan" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "f-" and the final "-an". [[ipa::[fan]| ]]