Tan

Syllable: "tan"

Composition

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

Low
Can be written
- Pinyin: tan
- IPA: [tʰan]
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ
- Wade-Giles: t'an
Linguistic description

voiceless aspirated dental plosive
low central unrounded
voiced dental nasal

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