Difference between revisions of "Pou"

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Composition

Initial: p-
Final: -ou
May be confused with
Difficulty for English speakers

Low
Can be written
- Pinyin: pou
- IPA: [pʰɤʊ̯]
- Zhuyin: ㄆㄡ
- Wade-Giles: p'ou
Linguistic description

voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive
mid back unrounded
diphthong

The pinyin "pou" is a Mandarin Chinese syllable. It is composed of the initial "p-" and the final "-ou". [[ipa::[pʰɤʊ̯]| ]]