Mandarin latinization guide

Summary

Summary table

Sound (IPA)	Latinization		Notes
	wiki	other
0 tone	a
1 tone	aa (double letters)	ā (overline)
2 tone	á (acute accent)
3 tone	ǎ (down chevron)
4 tone	à (grave accent)
a	a
e	ê/ eh
ə	e
f	f
i	i	yi-
ɨ	ı/ '	i, z
j	i, y (syllable-initial)
jou~ju	iou, you (syllable-initial)	iu
k	k	g
kʰ	kh	k'
l	l
m	m
n	n
ŋ	ñ/ ng
o	o	o
p	p	b
pʰ	ph	p'
ɻ	r	j, r
s	s	s
ʃ	š/ sh
ɕ	s(i/y)	sh, x
t	t	d
tʰ	th	t, t'
ts	c	ts, z
tsʰ	ch	ts', c
tʃ	q	ch, zh
tʃʰ	qh	ch, ch'
tɕ	c(i/y)	ch, j
tɕʰ	ch(i/y)	ch', q
u	u	o, w, wu-
un~wən	un	wen
uŋ~wəŋ	ung	weng
w	u, w (syllable-initial)	o
wej~wi	uei, wei (syllable-initial)	ui
y	ü/ iu	yu
yŋ~jʊŋ	ÿng/ yung	iong, iung, yong-
ɥ	ÿ/ yu
x	h