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402 pinyin syllables

A

5 syllables

a阿锕錒啊5 characters ai哎哀唉埃31 characters an安桉氨庵24 characters ang肮骯卬昂5 characters ao凹敖嗷廒26 characters

B

16 syllables

ba八巴叭扒33 characters bai掰白百佰13 characters ban扳班般颁26 characters bang邦帮梆浜19 characters bao勹包孢苞31 characters bei卑杯盃悲35 characters ben奔锛本苯7 characters beng崩绷嘣甭12 characters bi贲屄逼荸70 characters bian边砭笾猵36 characters biao杓标飑髟25 characters bie憋鳖鱉別9 characters bin邠玢宾彬27 characters bing冫仌冰兵18 characters bo癶拨波玻43 characters bu逋钸晡鈽23 characters

C

35 syllables

ca嚓擦礤3 characters cai猜才材财16 characters can参參骖餐21 characters cang仓伧沧苍13 characters cao操糙曹嘈11 characters ce冊册侧厕12 characters cen岑涔梣3 characters ceng噌层曾層5 characters cha叉杈臿插25 characters chai拆钗釵侪9 characters chan觇搀覘攙47 characters chang伥昌倀娼37 characters chao抄怊钞焯16 characters che车車砗扯11 characters chen抻郴琛嗔27 characters cheng柽爯称蛏33 characters chi吃哧蚩鸱47 characters chong充冲忡沖16 characters chou抽瘳仇俦25 characters chu出初樗刍45 characters chua欻1 characters chuai揣搋啜膪6 characters chuan巛川氚穿15 characters chuang刅疮窗瘡12 characters chui吹炊垂陲10 characters chun春椿蝽鰆16 characters chuo踔戳辶辵12 characters ci呲疵词祠26 characters cong匆囪囱苁21 characters cou凑湊腠辏4 characters cu粗徂殂促11 characters cuan汆撺镩蹿10 characters cui崔催摧榱16 characters cun邨村皴存7 characters cuo搓磋撮蹉17 characters

E

4 syllables

e婀屙讹俄49 characters ei诶誒2 characters en恩蒽摁嗯4 characters er儿而兒鸸20 characters

F

8 syllables

fa发發醱乏16 characters fan蕃帆番幡33 characters fang匚方邡坊21 characters fei飞妃非飛35 characters fen分吩纷芬26 characters feng丰风沣枫32 characters fou缶否2 characters fu夫伕呋肤108 characters

G

19 syllables

ga旮嘎钆尜9 characters gai该陔垓赅16 characters gan甘杆肝坩35 characters gang冈罓刚纲20 characters gao皋羔高槔24 characters ge戈仡圪疙39 characters gei给給2 characters gen根跟哏艮7 characters geng庚耕赓鹒13 characters gong工弓公厷28 characters gou勾佝沟钩31 characters gu估呱咕姑55 characters gua瓜刮胍栝19 characters guai乖掴摑拐6 characters guan关观官冠28 characters guang光咣桄胱9 characters gui归圭妫龟46 characters gun衮绲袞辊11 characters guo呙咼埚郭24 characters

H

19 syllables

ha丷哈铪蛤4 characters hai咳嗨还孩15 characters han顸蚶酣憨37 characters hang夯杭绗航10 characters hao蒿嚆薅蚝23 characters he閡诃呵喝37 characters hei黑嘿2 characters hen痕很狠恨4 characters heng亨哼姮恆12 characters hong轰哄訇烘25 characters hou侯矦喉猴16 characters hu隺乎虍呼56 characters hua花哗嘩华19 characters huai怀徊淮槐9 characters huan欢獾歡环44 characters huang肓荒慌皇28 characters hui灰诙咴恢59 characters hun昏昬荤婚17 characters huo灬砉耠锪29 characters

J

14 syllables

ji丌讥击叽154 characters jia加夹伽夾50 characters jian戋奸尖坚104 characters jiang江姜将茳36 characters jiao艽交郊姣64 characters jie阶疖皆接53 characters jin巾今斤钅53 characters jing巠京泾经61 characters jiong冂冋扃冏8 characters jiu丩纠究鸠35 characters ju桔匊居拘75 characters juan娟捐涓鹃21 characters jue噘撅亅孓39 characters jun军君均軍20 characters

K

18 syllables

ka咔咖喀卡6 characters kai开揩锎開20 characters kan刊勘龛堪16 characters kang康慷槺糠11 characters kao尻丂考拷10 characters ke痾頦苛柯38 characters ken肯垦恳啃9 characters keng吭坑铿誙4 characters kong空崆箜孔7 characters kou抠芤眍摳12 characters ku刳矻枯哭17 characters kua夸誇侉垮7 characters kuai蒯块快侩16 characters kuan宽寬髋髖6 characters kuang匡诓哐筐22 characters kui匱亏岿悝38 characters kun坤昆堃崑20 characters kuo扩括蛞阔7 characters

O

2 syllables

o喔噢哦3 characters ou讴欧殴瓯21 characters

P

17 syllables

pa皅趴啪葩11 characters pai拍俳徘排9 characters pan潘攀盘槃17 characters pang鰟乓滂庞11 characters pao抛拋脬刨16 characters pei呸胚醅陪18 characters pen喷噴盆湓4 characters peng怦抨砰烹20 characters pi芘丕伾批50 characters pian偏犏篇翩12 characters piao剽缥飘螵13 characters pie氕撇瞥丿5 characters pin姘拼贫貧14 characters ping乒甹俜娉19 characters po钋坡泊泼19 characters pou剖掊裒咅4 characters pu仆攴攵扑35 characters

Q

14 syllables

qi七沏妻柒93 characters qia掐葜恰洽6 characters qian千仟阡扦67 characters qiang爿呛羌戕33 characters qiao悄硗跷劁37 characters qie且切妾怯17 characters qin亲侵钦衾26 characters qing靑青氢轻32 characters qiong邛穷穹茕16 characters qiu丘邱秋蚯25 characters qu区曲佉岖45 characters quan弮悛圈全31 characters que缺阙瘸却14 characters qun夋囷逡裙5 characters

R

14 syllables

ran肰蚺然髯8 characters rang蘘禳瓤穰9 characters rao娆荛饶桡12 characters re惹热熱3 characters ren人亻仁壬24 characters reng扔仍2 characters ri日1 characters rong戎肜狨绒22 characters rou厹禸柔揉8 characters ru如茹铷蕠24 characters ruan阮朊软軟4 characters rui甤蕤蕊芮10 characters run闰润閏潤4 characters ruo叒若偌弱7 characters

S

34 syllables

sa仨挲撒洒12 characters sai塞腮噻鳃7 characters san三叁毵伞10 characters sang桑嗓搡磉8 characters sao搔骚缫臊11 characters se色涩啬铯10 characters sen森1 characters seng僧1 characters sha杀沙纱刹23 characters shai筛篩晒曬5 characters shan山彡删刪42 characters shang伤殇商觞19 characters shao捎烧梢稍19 characters she奢猞赊畬26 characters shen申屾伸身32 characters sheng升生声昇20 characters shi豉尸失师94 characters shou收手守首17 characters shu丨书殳尗61 characters shua刷唰耍3 characters shuai衰摔甩帅6 characters shuan闩拴閂栓5 characters shuang双霜雙孀9 characters shui瞓谁誰水9 characters shun吮顺舜順5 characters shuo说說妁烁14 characters si厶纟丝司38 characters song忪松凇崧22 characters sou鄋嗖搜溲20 characters su苏甦酥稣32 characters suan狻酸祘蒜5 characters sui夊虽倠浽27 characters sun孙狲荪孫12 characters suo唆娑桫梭20 characters

T

19 syllables

ta沓躂跶他23 characters tai胎台旲邰23 characters tan坍贪貪摊36 characters tang汤铴湯耥31 characters tao夲涛绦掏26 characters te忑忒特铽5 characters teng疼腾誊滕7 characters ti剔梯锑踢35 characters tian天添田恬15 characters tiao佻挑祧条15 characters tie帖贴萜貼8 characters ting厅汀听烃20 characters tong通嗵仝同25 characters tou钭鈄偷亠9 characters tu凸禿秃突20 characters tuan湍团抟團8 characters tui推颓頹腿9 characters tun吞呑暾屯9 characters tuo乇讬托拖34 characters

W

9 syllables

wa穵挖洼娲15 characters wai歪崴外3 characters wan弯剜湾蜿32 characters wang尣汪亡亾18 characters wei危威偎逶82 characters wen昷温榅溫28 characters weng翁嗡螉塕10 characters wo挝倭涡莴22 characters wu乌圬污邬73 characters

X

14 syllables

xi夕兮吸汐102 characters xia虾煆瞎蝦27 characters xian仙先纤氙76 characters xiang乡芗相香42 characters xiao枭哓枵骁45 characters xie些猲楔歇55 characters xin心忻芯辛20 characters xing星惺猩腥26 characters xiong凶兄兇匈10 characters xiu宿休修咻24 characters xu吁戌盱胥50 characters xuan轩宣軒谖35 characters xue削靴薛辥15 characters xun勋埙勛熏42 characters

Y

15 syllables

ya吖丫压押44 characters yan恹烟胭崦99 characters yang央泱殃秧36 characters yao幺夭吆妖46 characters ye倻掖椰噎35 characters yi艾阝欹一148 characters yin因阴侌垔50 characters ying应英莺婴59 characters yo哟唷喲3 characters yong佣拥痈邕35 characters you尢优忧攸54 characters yu纡迂紆淤126 characters yuan鸢冤眢鸳50 characters yue曰曱约約24 characters yun晕暈氲氳43 characters

Z

36 syllables

za帀匝咂拶12 characters zai災灾甾哉11 characters zan糌簪咱昝14 characters zang赃臧贓髒9 characters zao遭糟蹧凿21 characters ze则择泽责18 characters zei贼賊鲗鰂4 characters zen怎谮譖3 characters zeng增憎缯罾10 characters zha柵扎吒奓31 characters zhai斋摘齋宅10 characters zhan沾毡旃栴34 characters zhang张張章鄣31 characters zhao钊招昭釗21 characters zhe蜇遮折哲29 characters zhen湞瑱贞针48 characters zheng帧争征怔35 characters zhi之支卮汁111 characters zhong中彸忠终26 characters zhou州舟诌周31 characters zhu苧朱侏诛64 characters zhua抓1 characters zhuai拽1 characters zhuan专叀砖專21 characters zhuang妆庄妝桩13 characters zhui隹追骓锥14 characters zhun肫窀谆諄6 characters zhuo拙倬捉桌23 characters zi齜孜兹咨47 characters zong宗综棕腙17 characters zou邹驺诹陬14 characters zu租足卒崒13 characters zuan钻躜鑽缵6 characters zui嘴最晬罪7 characters zun尊遵樽鳟6 characters zuo昨琢左佐14 characters

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The four Mandarin tones

The spelling can stay the same while the pitch pattern changes the word.

1ā

First tone

High and level

mā · 妈

2á

Second tone

Rising

má · 麻

3ǎ

Third tone

Low, then rising

mǎ · 马

4à

Fourth tone

Sharp and falling

mà · 骂

·a

Neutral tone

Light and short

ma · 吗

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