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You've reached the end of the road! We've saved something special for you, though. The Chinese sounds represented by "x", "q", and "j" in pinyin '''''do not exist''' in English'', and require you to train your mouth to make ''totally '''new''' sounds''. Hopefully that sounds like fun! It's not as hard as you might imagine.
 
You've reached the end of the road! We've saved something special for you, though. The Chinese sounds represented by "x", "q", and "j" in pinyin '''''do not exist''' in English'', and require you to train your mouth to make ''totally '''new''' sounds''. Hopefully that sounds like fun! It's not as hard as you might imagine.
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{{#widget: Pinyin chart settings}}
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<div class="pinyin-table-audio-container"></div>
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<div class="table-container"><table class="pinyin-table medium" id="pinyin-table">
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<tr><!--  TABLE HEADERS  -->
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<th class="first-row first-col"></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-v col-placeholder first-row"><strong>-ü-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-v" id="-ü"><strong>-ü</strong></th>
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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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<th title="Click to collapse" class="first-row col-v" id="-ün"><strong>-ün</strong></th>
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<th class="first-row last-col"></th>
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</tr>
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<tr><!--  J- ROW  -->
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<th class="row-jqx first-col" id="j-"><strong>j-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="ji"><div class="table-pinyin">ji</div><div class="table-link">[[ji]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕi]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chi</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jia"><div class="table-pinyin">jia</div><div class="table-link">[[jia]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕi̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chia</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jiao"><div class="table-pinyin">jiao</div><div class="table-link">[[jiao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕi̯ɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chiao</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jie"><div class="table-pinyin">jie</div><div class="table-link">[[jie]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕiɛ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chieh</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jiu"><div class="table-pinyin">jiu</div><div class="table-link">[[jiu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕi̯ɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chiu</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jian"><div class="table-pinyin">jian</div><div class="table-link">[[jian]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕiɛn]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chien</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jiang"><div class="table-pinyin">jiang</div><div class="table-link">[[jiang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕi̯ɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chiang</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jin"><div class="table-pinyin">jin</div><div class="table-link">[[jin]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕin]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chin</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jing"><div class="table-pinyin">jing</div><div class="table-link">[[jing]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕiŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄧㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ching</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="jiong"><div class="table-pinyin">jiong</div><div class="table-link">[[jiong]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕi̯ʊŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄩㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chiung</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="ju"><div class="table-pinyin">ju</div><div class="table-link">[[ju]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕy]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄩ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chü</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="jue"><div class="table-pinyin">jue</div><div class="table-link">[[jue]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕy̯œ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄩㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chüeh</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="juan"><div class="table-pinyin">juan</div><div class="table-link">[[juan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕy̯ɛn]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄩㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chüan</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="jun"><div class="table-pinyin">jun</div><div class="table-link">[[jun]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕyn]
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</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄐㄩㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">chün</div></td>
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<th class="row-jqx last-col" id="j-"><strong>j-</strong></th>
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</tr>
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<tr><!--  Q- ROW  -->
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<th class="row-jqx first-col" id="q-"><strong>q-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qi"><div class="table-pinyin">qi</div><div class="table-link">[[qi]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰi]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'i</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qia"><div class="table-pinyin">qia</div><div class="table-link">[[qia]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰi̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ia</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qiao"><div class="table-pinyin">qiao</div><div class="table-link">[[qiao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'iao</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qie"><div class="table-pinyin">qie</div><div class="table-link">[[qie]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰiɛ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ieh</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qiu"><div class="table-pinyin">qiu</div><div class="table-link">[[qiu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'iu</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qian"><div class="table-pinyin">qian</div><div class="table-link">[[qian]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰiɛn]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ien</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qiang"><div class="table-pinyin">qiang</div><div class="table-link">[[qiang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰi̯ɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'iang</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qin"><div class="table-pinyin">qin</div><div class="table-link">[[qin]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰin]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'in</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qing"><div class="table-pinyin">qing</div><div class="table-link">[[qing]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰiŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄧㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ing</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="qiong"><div class="table-pinyin">qiong</div><div class="table-link">[[qiong]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰi̯ʊŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄩㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'iung</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="qu"><div class="table-pinyin">qu</div><div class="table-link">[[qu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰy]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄩ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ü</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="que"><div class="table-pinyin">que</div><div class="table-link">[[que]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰy̯œ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄩㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'üeh</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="quan"><div class="table-pinyin">quan</div><div class="table-link">[[quan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰy̯ɛn]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄩㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'üan</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="qun"><div class="table-pinyin">qun</div><div class="table-link">[[qun]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[tɕʰyn]
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</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄑㄩㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">ch'ün</div></td>
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<th class="row-jqx last-col" id="q-"><strong>q-</strong></th>
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</tr>
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<tr><!--  X- ROW  -->
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<th class="row-jqx first-col" id="x-"><strong>x-</strong></th>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xi"><div class="table-pinyin">xi</div><div class="table-link">[[xi]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕi]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">his</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xia"><div class="table-pinyin">xia</div><div class="table-link">[[xia]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕi̯ɑ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄚ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsia</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xiao"><div class="table-pinyin">xiao</div><div class="table-link">[[xiao]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕi̯ɑʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄠ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsiao</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xie"><div class="table-pinyin">xie</div><div class="table-link">[[xie]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕiɛ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsieh</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xiu"><div class="table-pinyin">xiu</div><div class="table-link">[[xiu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕi̯ɤʊ̯]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄡ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsiu</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xian"><div class="table-pinyin">xian</div><div class="table-link">[[xian]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕiɛn]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsien</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xiang"><div class="table-pinyin">xiang</div><div class="table-link">[[xiang]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕi̯ɑŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄤ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsiang</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xin"><div class="table-pinyin">xin</div><div class="table-link">[[xin]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕin]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsin</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xing"><div class="table-pinyin">xing</div><div class="table-link">[[xing]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕiŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄧㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsing</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-i" id="xiong"><div class="table-pinyin">xiong</div><div class="table-link">[[xiong]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕi̯ʊŋ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄩㄥ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsiung</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v col-placeholder"></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="xu"><div class="table-pinyin">xu</div><div class="table-link">[[xu]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕy]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄩ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsü</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="xue"><div class="table-pinyin">xue</div><div class="table-link">[[xue]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕy̯œ]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄩㄝ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsüeh</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="xuan"><div class="table-pinyin">xuan</div><div class="table-link">[[xuan]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕy̯ɛn]</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄩㄢ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsüan</div></td>
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<td class="row-jqx col-v" id="xun"><div class="table-pinyin">xun</div><div class="table-link">[[xun]]</div><div class="table-ipa">[ɕyn]
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</div><div class="table-zhuyin">ㄒㄩㄣ</div><div class="table-wade-giles">hsün</div></td>
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<th class="row-jqx last-col" id="x-"><strong>x-</strong></th>
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</tr>
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<tr><!--  COLLAPSIBLE COLUMN ROWS  -->
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<th class="last-row first-col"></th>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-i col-placeholder last-row"><strong>-i-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-i"><strong>-i</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-i*"><strong>-i*</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-ia"><strong>-ia</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-iao"><strong>-iao</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-ie"><strong>-ie</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-iou"><strong>-iou</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-ian"><strong>-ian</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-iang"><strong>-iang</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-in"><strong>-in</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-ing"><strong>-ing</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-i" id="-iong"><strong>-iong</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to expand" class="col-u col-placeholder last-row"><strong>-u-</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-u"><strong>-u</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-ua"><strong>-ua</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-uai"><strong>-uai</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-uei"><strong>-uei</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-uo"><strong>-uo</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-uan"><strong>-uan</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-uang"><strong>-uang</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-uen"><strong>-uen</strong></th>
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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-u" id="-ueng"><strong>-ueng</strong></th>
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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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<th title="Click to collapse" class="last-row col-v" id="-ün"><strong>-ün</strong></th>
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<th class="last-row last-col"></th>
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</tr>
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</table></div>
  
 
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-i- -i -i* -ia -iao -ie -iou -ian -iang -in -ing -iong -ü- -üe -üan -ün
j-
ji
[tɕi]
ㄐㄧ
chi
jia
[tɕi̯ɑ]
ㄐㄧㄚ
chia
jiao
[tɕi̯ɑʊ̯]
ㄐㄧㄠ
chiao
jie
[tɕiɛ]
ㄐㄧㄝ
chieh
jiu
[tɕi̯ɤʊ̯]
ㄐㄧㄡ
chiu
jian
[tɕiɛn]
ㄐㄧㄢ
chien
jiang
[tɕi̯ɑŋ]
ㄐㄧㄤ
chiang
jin
[tɕin]
ㄐㄧㄣ
chin
jing
[tɕiŋ]
ㄐㄧㄥ
ching
jiong
[tɕi̯ʊŋ]
ㄐㄩㄥ
chiung
ju
[tɕy]
ㄐㄩ
chü
jue
[tɕy̯œ]
ㄐㄩㄝ
chüeh
juan
[tɕy̯ɛn]
ㄐㄩㄢ
chüan
jun
[tɕyn]
ㄐㄩㄣ
chün
j-
q-
qi
[tɕʰi]
ㄑㄧ
ch'i
qia
[tɕʰi̯ɑ]
ㄑㄧㄚ
ch'ia
qiao
[tɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯]
ㄑㄧㄠ
ch'iao
qie
[tɕʰiɛ]
ㄑㄧㄝ
ch'ieh
qiu
[tɕʰi̯ɤʊ̯]
ㄑㄧㄡ
ch'iu
qian
[tɕʰiɛn]
ㄑㄧㄢ
ch'ien
qiang
[tɕʰi̯ɑŋ]
ㄑㄧㄤ
ch'iang
qin
[tɕʰin]
ㄑㄧㄣ
ch'in
qing
[tɕʰiŋ]
ㄑㄧㄥ
ch'ing
qiong
[tɕʰi̯ʊŋ]
ㄑㄩㄥ
ch'iung
qu
[tɕʰy]
ㄑㄩ
ch'ü
que
[tɕʰy̯œ]
ㄑㄩㄝ
ch'üeh
quan
[tɕʰy̯ɛn]
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