Ch 9 - Combination of Phonetic Symbols

Part 2 of 7

First, let's look at the vowels.

一ㄨㄩ

ㄚㄛㄜㄝ

ㄞㄟㄠㄡ

ㄢㄣㄤㄥ

ㄦ

Part 3 of 7

The 3 in red are middle vowels.

一ㄨㄩ

ㄚㄛㄜㄝㄞㄟㄠㄡㄢㄣㄤㄥㄦ

Part 4 of 7

Middle vowels can combine with other vowels.

	ㄚ	ㄛ	ㄜ	ㄝ	ㄞ	ㄟ	ㄠ	ㄡ	ㄢ	ㄣ	ㄤ	ㄥ	ㄦ
一	一ㄚ	一ㄛ	一ㄜ	一ㄝ	一ㄞ	一ㄟ	一ㄠ	一ㄡ	一ㄢ	一ㄣ	一ㄤ	一ㄥ	一ㄦ
ㄨ	ㄨㄚ	ㄨㄛ	ㄨㄜ	ㄨㄝ	ㄨㄞ	ㄨㄟ	ㄨㄠ	ㄨㄡ	ㄨㄢ	ㄨㄣ	ㄨㄤ	ㄨㄥ	ㄨㄦ
ㄩ	ㄩㄚ	ㄩㄛ	ㄩㄜ	ㄩㄝ	ㄩㄞ	ㄩㄟ	ㄩㄠ	ㄩㄡ	ㄩㄢ	ㄩㄣ	ㄩㄤ	ㄩㄥ	ㄩㄦ

Part 5 of 7

Some combinations are not pronounced. Therefore, there are 21 combined vowels.

	ㄚ	ㄛ	ㄝ	ㄞ	ㄟ	ㄠ	ㄡ	ㄢ	ㄣ	ㄤ	ㄥ
一	一ㄚ		一ㄝ	一ㄞ		一ㄠ	一ㄡ	一ㄢ	一ㄣ	一ㄤ	一ㄥ
ㄨ	ㄨㄚ	ㄨㄛ		ㄨㄞ	ㄨㄟ			ㄨㄢ	ㄨㄣ	ㄨㄤ	ㄨㄥ
ㄩ			ㄩㄝ					ㄩㄢ	ㄩㄣ		ㄩㄥ

Part 6 of 7

Second, we add an initial consonant, for example, bo, to the original vowels and the combined vowels. Then, eliminate combinations that are not pronounced.

	ㄅㄚ	ㄅㄛ	ㄅㄝ	ㄅㄞ	ㄅㄟ	ㄅㄠ	ㄅㄡ	ㄅㄢ	ㄅㄣ	ㄅㄤ	ㄅㄥ
ㄅ一	ㄅ一ㄚ		ㄅ一ㄝ	ㄅ一ㄞ		ㄅ一ㄠ	ㄅ一ㄡ	ㄅ一ㄢ	ㄅ一ㄣ	ㄅ一ㄤ	ㄅ一ㄥ
ㄅㄨ	ㄅㄨㄚ	ㄅㄨㄜ		ㄅㄨㄞ	ㄅㄨㄟ			ㄅㄨㄢ	ㄅㄨㄣ	ㄅㄨㄤ	ㄅㄨㄥ
ㄅㄩ			ㄅㄩㄝ					ㄅㄩㄢ	ㄅㄩㄣ		ㄅㄩㄥ

Part 7 of 7

Finally, we add tones and eliminate combinations that are not pronounced. For the initial consonant bo, there are 56 combined pronunciations.

First Tone:

Second Tone:
ˊ

Third Tone:
ˇ

Fourth Tone:
ˋ

Light Tone:
˙

ㄅㄚ

ㄅㄚ ˊ

ㄅㄚ ˇ

ㄅㄚ ˋ

ㄅㄚ ˙

ㄅㄛ

ㄅㄛ ˊ

ㄅㄛ ˇ

ㄅㄛ ˋ

ㄅㄛ ˙

ㄅㄞ

ㄅㄞ ˊ

ㄅㄞ ˇ

ㄅㄞ ˋ

ㄅㄟ

ㄅㄟ ˇ

ㄅㄟ ˋ

ㄅㄠ

ㄅㄠ ˊ

ㄅㄠ ˇ

ㄅㄠ ˋ

ㄅㄢ

ㄅㄢ ˇ

ㄅㄢ ˋ

ㄅㄣ

ㄅㄣ ˇ

ㄅㄣ ˋ

ㄅㄤ

ㄅㄤ ˇ

ㄅㄤ ˋ

ㄅㄥ

ㄅㄥ ˊ

ㄅㄥ ˋ

一

ㄅ一

ㄅ一 ˊ

ㄅ一 ˇ

ㄅ一 ˋ

ㄅ一ㄝ

ㄅ一ㄝ ˊ

ㄅ一ㄝ ˇ

ㄅ一ㄝ ˋ

ㄅ一ㄠ

ㄅ一ㄠ ˇ

ㄅ一ㄠ ˋ

ㄅ一ㄢ

ㄅ一ㄢ ˇ

ㄅ一ㄢ ˋ

ㄅ一ㄣ

ㄅ一ㄣ ˋ

ㄅ一ㄥ

ㄅ一ㄥ ˇ

ㄅ一ㄥ ˋ

ㄨ

ㄅㄨ

ㄅㄨ ˊ

ㄅㄨ ˇ

ㄅㄨ ˋ

Chinese Literacy Vol 2

Chapter 9: Combination of Phonetic Symbols

Part 1 of 7

These are 37 phonetic symbols. 21 of them are initial consonants, and 16 of them are vowels.