Wednesday, October 26, 2011

IPA Symbols for Chinese Consonants

This chart was adapted from from Wikipedia's article on Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh. 
Three spellings are included: National Romanization (國羅), Bopomofo (注音), and IPA.

國羅+注音+IPA
Plosive (stop)
b ㄅ [p]
 
p ㄆ [pʰ]

d ㄉ [t]

t ㄊ [tʰ]


g ㄍ[k]
kㄎ[kʰ]
Nasal
mㄇ [m]

nㄋ [n]




Lateral approximant

lㄌ [l]




Affricate

tz ㄗ [ts]
ts ㄘ [tsʰ]
j ㄓ [tʂ]
chㄔ [tʂʰ]
jㄐ[tɕ]
chㄑ[tɕʰ]


fㄈ [f]
vㄪ [v]
sㄙ[s]
shㄕ [ʂ]
rㄖ [ʐ ~ ɻ]
Shㄒ [ɕ]
Hㄏ [x]