Note
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Microsoft Speech Platform
Chinese Phonemes
The following table defines the Chinese language phoneme set.
| Symbol | PhoneID | Example |
|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | Syllable boundary (hyphen) |
| ! | 2 | Sentence terminator (exclamation mark) |
| & | 3 | word boundary |
| , | 4 | Sentence terminator (comma) |
| . | 5 | Sentence terminator (period) |
| ? | 6 | Sentence terminator (question mark) |
| _ | 7 | Silence (underscore) |
| + | 8 | primary stress |
| * | 9 | secondary stress |
| 1 | 10 | Tone 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Tone 2 |
| 3 | 12 | Tone 3 |
| 4 | 13 | Tone 4 |
| 5 | 14 | Tone 5 |
| a | 15 | a 1 fei 1 (rogue) |
| ai | 16 | ai 4 ren 2 (lover) |
| an | 17 | an 1 quan 2 (safe) |
| ang | 18 | ang 1 zang 1 (dirty) |
| ao | 19 | jiao 1 ao 4 (proud) |
| ba | 20 | ba 4 ba 5 (dad) |
| bai | 21 | bai 2 se 4 (white) |
| ban | 22 | mu 4 ban 3 (board) |
| bang | 23 | bang 3 jia 4 (kidnap) |
| bao | 24 | yong 1 bao 4 (embrace) |
| bei | 25 | bei 3 fang 1 (north) |
| ben | 26 | ben 4 dan 4 (fool) |
| beng | 27 | beng 4 tiao 4 (jump) |
| bi | 28 | bi 2 zi 5 (nose) |
| bian | 29 | bian 4 hua 5 (change) |
| biao | 30 | biao 3 ge 2 (table) |
| bie | 31 | li 2 bie 2 (part with) |
| bin | 32 | bin 1 ke 4 (guest) |
| bing | 33 | shi 4 bing 1 (soldier) |
| bo | 34 | bo 2 dou 4 (wrestle) |
| bu | 35 | bu 4 xing 2 (walk) |
| ca | 36 | ca 1 gan 1 (wipe) |
| cai | 37 | cai 1 ce 4 (guess) |
| can | 38 | can 1 jia 1 (join) |
| cang | 39 | cang 1 ying 5 (fly) |
| cao | 40 | cao 1 chang 3 (playground) |
| ce | 41 | ce 4 liang 2 (measure) |
| cen | 42 | cen 1 ci 1 (uneven) |
| ceng | 43 | ceng 2 jing 1 (once) |
| cha | 44 | jian 3 cha 2 (check) |
| chai | 45 | chai 1 hui 3 (demolish) |
| chan | 46 | chan 3 ye 4 (industry) |
| chang | 47 | jing 1 chang 2 (often) |
| chao | 48 | chao 1 yue 4 (exceed) |
| che | 49 | qi 4 che 1 (automobile) |
| chen | 50 | chen 2 jiu 4 (old) |
| cheng | 51 | cheng 2 che 1 (ride) |
| chi | 52 | chi 2 dao 4 (late for) |
| chong | 53 | chong 1 man 3 (full of) |
| chou | 54 | chou 2 hen 4 (hatred) |
| chu | 55 | chu 2 fa 3 (division) |
| chuai | 56 | chuai 3 ce 4 (guess) |
| chuan | 57 | lun 2 chuan 2 (ship) |
| chuang | 58 | chuang 4 ye 4 (carve out) |
| chui | 59 | tie 3 chui 2 (hammer) |
| chun | 60 | chun 1 tian 1 (spring) |
| chuo | 61 | wo 4 chuo 4 (dirty) |
| ci | 62 | ci 2 qi 4 (porcelain) |
| cong | 63 | cong 2 lin 2 (thicket) |
| cou | 64 | jin 3 cou 4 (compact) |
| cu | 65 | cu 4 xiao 1 (sales promotion) |
| cuan | 66 | tao 2 cuan 4 (run away) |
| cui | 67 | cui 1 cu 4 (press) |
| cun | 68 | xiang 1 cun 1 (country) |
| cuo | 69 | cuo 4 wu 4 (error) |
| da | 70 | da 4 (big) |
| dai | 71 | dai 4 biao 3 (delegate) |
| dan | 72 | dan 4 shi 4 (but) |
| dang | 73 | dang 1 ran 2 (sure) |
| dao | 74 | dao 1 (knife) |
| de | 75 | de 5 (function word) |
| dei | 76 | dei 3 (must) |
| den | 77 | den 4 (yank) |
| deng | 78 | ban 3 deng 4 (wooden stool) |
| di | 79 | di 2 que 4 (certainly) |
| dia | 80 | dia 3 (coquetry voice) |
| dian | 81 | dian 3 (dot) |
| diao | 82 | diao 4 (hang) |
| die | 83 | die 1 dao 3 (tumble) |
| ding | 84 | jue 2 ding 4 (decide) |
| diu | 85 | diu 1 qi 4 (discard) |
| dong | 86 | dong 1 fang 1 (east) |
| dou | 87 | zhan 4 dou 4 (struggle) |
| du | 88 | du 4 jue 2 (stop) |
| duan | 89 | duan 3 (short) |
| dui | 90 | dui 4 (right) |
| dun | 91 | ting 2 dun 4 (halt) |
| duo | 92 | duo 1 yu 2 (unnecessary) |
| e | 93 | e 4 (hungry) |
| ei | 94 | ei 4 (yes) |
| en | 95 | en 1 hui 4 (favor) |
| er | 96 | er 3 (ear) |
| fa | 97 | fa 1 zhan 3 (development) |
| fan | 98 | fan 4 (rice) |
| fang | 99 | fang 2 jian 1 (room) |
| fei | 100 | fei 1 (fly) |
| fen | 101 | fen 1 bie 2 (separate) |
| feng | 102 | feng 1 (wind) |
| fo | 103 | fo 2 (buddha) |
| fou | 104 | fou 3 ding 4 (denial) |
| fu | 105 | fu 4 qin 1 (father) |
| ga | 106 | gan 1 ga 4 (awkward) |
| gai | 107 | ying 1 gai 1 (should) |
| gan | 108 | gan 1 jing 4 (neatness) |
| gang | 109 | gang 1 cai 2 (just) |
| gao | 110 | gao 1 (tall) |
| ge | 111 | pin 3 ge 2 (character) |
| gei | 112 | gei 3 yu 3 (give) |
| gen | 113 | gen 1 (root) |
| geng | 114 | geng 4 jia 1 (much more) |
| gong | 115 | gong 1 ren 2 (worker) |
| gou | 116 | zu 2 gou 4 (enough) |
| gu | 117 | gu 4 xiang 1 (hometown) |
| gua | 118 | xi 1 gua 1 (watermelon) |
| guai | 119 | qi 2 guai 4 (oddness) |
| guan | 120 | guan 1 bi 4 (close) |
| guang | 121 | guang 1 (light) |
| gui | 122 | gui 3 (ghost) |
| gun | 123 | gun 4 (stick) |
| guo | 124 | guo 4 qu 4 (past) |
| ha | 125 | ha 1 (sound of laugh) |
| hai | 126 | hai 2 zi 5 (child) |
| han | 127 | chu 1 han 4 (sweat) |
| hang | 128 | hang 2 xing 2 (sail) |
| hao | 129 | hao 3 (good) |
| he | 130 | he 2 (river) |
| hei | 131 | hei 1 (black) |
| hen | 132 | hen 3 (very) |
| heng | 133 | heng 2 xiang 4 (landscape orientation) |
| hong | 134 | hong 2 (red) |
| hou | 135 | hou 2 zi 5 (monkey) |
| hu | 136 | hu 2 xu 1 (beard) |
| hua | 137 | hua 4 (picture) |
| huai | 138 | huai 4 (bad) |
| huan | 139 | huan 2 jing 4 (environment) |
| huang | 140 | huang 2 se 4 (yellow) |
| hui | 141 | hui 1 huang 2 (refulgence) |
| hun | 142 | hun 2 zhuo 2 (muddy) |
| huo | 143 | huo 3 (fire) |
| ji | 144 | ji 2 shi 2 (in time) |
| jia | 145 | jia 4 qi 1 (holiday) |
| jian | 146 | jian 3 dan 1 (simple) |
| jiang | 147 | jiang 1 (river) |
| jiao | 148 | jiao 1 tong 1 (traffic) |
| jie | 149 | jie 2 ri 4 (feast) |
| jin | 150 | jin 3 zhang 1 (strain) |
| jing | 151 | gan 1 jing 4 (neatness) |
| jiong | 152 | jiong 3 po 4 (embarrassed) |
| jiu | 153 | jiu 3 (nine) |
| ju | 154 | ju 4 zi 5 (sentence) |
| juan | 155 | juan 3 qu 1 (curl) |
| jue | 156 | jue 2 ding 4 (decide) |
| jun | 157 | jun 1 dui 4 (army) |
| ka | 158 | ka 3 che 1 (truck) |
| kai | 159 | kai 3 xuan 2 (triumph) |
| kan | 160 | kan 4 (see) |
| kang | 161 | di 3 kang 4 (resist) |
| kao | 162 | kao 3 shi 4 (test) |
| ke | 163 | ke 3 (thirsty) |
| kei | 164 | kei 1 (scold) |
| ken | 165 | ken 3 ding 4 (affirm) |
| keng | 166 | keng 1 hai 4 (entrap) |
| kong | 167 | kong 1 qi 4 (air) |
| kou | 168 | kou 3 (mouth) |
| ku | 169 | jian 1 ku 3 (trial) |
| kua | 170 | kua 1 jiang 3 (praise) |
| kuai | 171 | kuai 4 (fast) |
| kuan | 172 | kuan 1 kuo 4 (openness) |
| kuang | 173 | kong 1 kuang 4 (void) |
| kui | 174 | kui 1 qian 4 (owe) |
| kun | 175 | kun 4 nan 2 (hard) |
| kuo | 176 | kuo 4 da 4 (enlarge) |
| la | 177 | la 4 jiao 1 (hot pepper) |
| lai | 178 | lai 2 (come) |
| lan | 179 | lan 2 se 4 (blue) |
| lang | 180 | lang 2 (wolf) |
| lao | 181 | lao 3 (old) |
| le | 182 | kuai 4 le 4 (happy) |
| lei | 183 | lei 2 (thunder) |
| leng | 184 | leng 3 ku 4 (steeliness) |
| li | 185 | li 2 (pear) |
| lia | 186 | lia 2 (two) |
| lian | 187 | lian 3 (face) |
| liang | 188 | li 4 liang 4 (power) |
| liao | 189 | zuo 2 liao 4 (seasoning) |
| lie | 190 | lin 3 lie 4 (severe) |
| lin | 191 | lin 3 lie 4 (severe) |
| ling | 192 | ling 2 mu 4 (mausoleum) |
| liu | 193 | liu 2 dong 4 (flow) |
| lo | 194 | lo 5 (function word) |
| long | 195 | long 2 (dragon) |
| lou | 196 | lou 4 (leak) |
| lu | 197 | lu 4 di 4 (land) |
| luan | 198 | hun 4 luan 4 (chaos) |
| lue | 199 | ce 4 lue 4 (tactic) |
| lun | 200 | yi 4 lun 4 (discuss) |
| luo | 201 | xia 4 luo 4 (whereabouts) |
| lv | 202 | lv 4 se 4 (green) |
| ma | 203 | ma 3 (horse) |
| mai | 204 | mai 2 zang 4 (bury) |
| man | 205 | man 3 zu 2 (satisfy) |
| mang | 206 | cong 1 mang 2 (hurry) |
| mao | 207 | mao 1 (cat) |
| me | 208 | shen 2 me 5 (what) |
| mei | 209 | mei 2 you 3 (no) |
| men | 210 | wo 3 men 2 (we) |
| meng | 211 | meng 4 (dream) |
| mi | 212 | hun 1 mi 2 (coma) |
| mian | 213 | mian 4 ji 5 (area) |
| miao | 214 | miao 4 (temple) |
| mie | 215 | mie 4 jue 2 (annihilation) |
| min | 216 | ren 2 min 2 (people) |
| ming | 217 | ming 2 bai 2 (clearness) |
| miu | 218 | huang 1 miu 4 (absurd) |
| mo | 219 | mo 4 shui 3 (ink) |
| mou | 220 | mou 2 lue 4 (trick) |
| mu | 221 | mu 4 biao 1 (target) |
| na | 222 | na 4 li 3 (there) |
| nai | 223 | nai 3 nai 5 (grandmother) |
| nan | 224 | nan 2 fang 1 (south) |
| nang | 225 | nang 2 kuo 4 (include) |
| nao | 226 | re 4 nao 4 (liveliness) |
| ne | 227 | mu 4 ne 4 (numb) |
| nei | 228 | nei 4 bu 4 (inside) |
| nen | 229 | nen 4 lv 4 (light green) |
| neng | 230 | neng 2 gou 4 (be capable of) |
| ni | 231 | ni 3 (you) |
| nian | 232 | nian 2 (year) |
| niang | 233 | gu 1 niang 5 (girl) |
| niao | 234 | niao 3 (bird) |
| nie | 235 | nie 4 (bite) |
| nin | 236 | nin 2 (you) |
| ning | 237 | an 1 ning 2 (peace) |
| niu | 238 | niu 2 (bull) |
| nong | 239 | nong 2 min 2 (farmer) |
| nou | 240 | nou 4 (weeding) |
| nu | 241 | nu 3 li 4 (try hard) |
| nuan | 242 | wen 1 nuan 3 (warm) |
| nue | 243 | nue 4 dai 4 (abuse) |
| nuo | 244 | nuo 4 yan 2 (promise) |
| nv | 245 | nv 3 zi 3 (woman) |
| o | 246 | o 5 (function word) |
| ou | 247 | ou 1 yang 2 (Chinese first name) |
| pa | 248 | hai 4 pa 4 (scare) |
| pai | 249 | pai 4 qian 3 (send) |
| pan | 250 | pan 4 tu 2 (betrayer) |
| pang | 251 | pang 2 da 4 (huge) |
| pao | 252 | pao 3 (run) |
| pei | 253 | pei 2 ban 4 (accompany) |
| pen | 254 | pen 2 di 4 (pan) |
| peng | 255 | peng 2 pai 4 (surge) |
| pi | 256 | pi 2 fu 1 (skin) |
| pian | 257 | qi 1 pian 4 (cheat) |
| piao | 258 | piao 4 liang 4 (pretty) |
| pie | 259 | pie 1 kai 1 (put aside) |
| pin | 260 | pin 2 fan 2 (frequency) |
| ping | 261 | ping 2 zi 5 (bottle) |
| po | 262 | po 4 huai 4 (damage) |
| pou | 263 | pou 2 (hold something with cupped hand) |
| pu | 264 | pu 2 tao 5 (grape) |
| qi | 265 | qi 3 qiu 2 (beg) |
| qia | 266 | qia 4 dang 4 (proper) |
| qian | 267 | qian 1 xu 1 (humility) |
| qiang | 268 | qiang 2 da 4 (powerful) |
| qiao | 269 | qiao 3 miao 4 (artifice) |
| qie | 270 | xiu 1 qie 4 (shyness) |
| qin | 271 | qin 1 zi 4 (oneself) |
| qing | 272 | qing 1 song 1 (easy) |
| qiong | 273 | qiong 2 (poverty) |
| qiu | 274 | qiu 2 fan 4 (prisoner) |
| qu | 275 | qu 1 dong 4 (drive) |
| quan | 276 | quan 2 bu 4 (all) |
| que | 277 | que 4 ding 4 (ensure) |
| qun | 278 | qun 2 zhong 4 (crowd) |
| ran | 279 | ran 2 hou 4 (then) |
| rang | 280 | tu 3 rang 3 (soil) |
| rao | 281 | wei 2 rao 4 (surround) |
| re | 282 | re 4 (hot) |
| ren | 283 | ren 2 lei 4 (human being) |
| reng | 284 | reng 2 ran 2 (all the same) |
| ri | 285 | ri 4 chu 1 (sunrise) |
| rong | 286 | rong 2 yao 4 (glory) |
| rou | 287 | niu 2 rou 4 (beef) |
| ru | 288 | ru 2 guo 3 (if) |
| ruan | 289 | rou 2 ruan 3 (soft) |
| rui | 290 | rui 4 zhi 4 (smart) |
| run | 291 | shi 1 run 4 (wetness) |
| ruo | 292 | ruo 4 xiao 3 (puniness) |
| sa | 293 | sa 1 (three) |
| sai | 294 | bi 3 sai 4 (compete) |
| san | 295 | fen 1 san 4 (disperse) |
| sang | 296 | sang 4 (die) |
| sao | 297 | da 3 sao 3 (sweep) |
| se | 298 | yan 2 se 4 (color) |
| sen | 299 | sen 1 lin 2 (forest) |
| seng | 300 | seng 1 lv 3 (monk) |
| sha | 301 | sha 1 chang 3 (battlefield) |
| shai | 302 | ri 4 shai 4 (be exposed to the sun) |
| shan | 303 | shan 4 liang 2 (goodness) |
| shang | 304 | shang 4 mian 4 (top) |
| shao | 305 | shao 4 nian 2 (youth) |
| she | 306 | she 2 (snake) |
| shei | 307 | shei 2 (who) |
| shen | 308 | shen 2 me 5 (what) |
| sheng | 309 | sheng 1 yin 1 (voice) |
| shi | 310 | shi 4 fei 1 (dispute) |
| shou | 311 | shou 3 (hand) |
| shu | 312 | shu 4 mu 4 (tree) |
| shua | 313 | shua 1 zi 5 (brush) |
| shuai | 314 | shuai 1 da 3 (beat) |
| shuan | 315 | men 2 shuan 1 (latch) |
| shuang | 316 | shuang 1 (pair) |
| shui | 317 | shui 3 (water) |
| shun | 318 | shun 4 li 4 (all right) |
| shuo | 319 | shuo 1 (say) |
| si | 320 | si 4 (four) |
| song | 321 | song 4 bie 2 (send-off) |
| sou | 322 | sou 1 cha 2 (search) |
| su | 323 | su 4 du 4 (speed) |
| suan | 324 | suan 4 fa 3 (arithmetic) |
| sui | 325 | sui 1 ran 2 (though) |
| sun | 326 | sun 3 shi 1 (loss) |
| suo | 327 | suo 3 yi 3 (so) |
| ta | 328 | ta 1 men 2 (they) |
| tai | 329 | tai 4 (too) |
| tan | 330 | tan 2 hua 4 (talk) |
| tang | 331 | tang 2 (sugar) |
| tao | 332 | tao 2 pao 3 (flee) |
| te | 333 | te 4 bie 2 (special) |
| tei | 334 | tei 1 (very) |
| teng | 335 | ben 1 teng 2 (riot) |
| ti | 336 | ti 1 zi 5 (ladder) |
| tian | 337 | tian 1 (sky) |
| tiao | 338 | tiao 4 yue 4 (jump) |
| tie | 339 | tie 3 (iron) |
| ting | 340 | ting 1 (listen) |
| tong | 341 | tong 3 yi 1 (unify) |
| tou | 342 | tou 2 (head) |
| tu | 343 | tu 3 di 4 (earth) |
| tuan | 344 | tuan 2 jie 2 (solidify) |
| tui | 345 | tui 1 dong 4 (push) |
| tun | 346 | tun 2 ji 1 (store up) |
| tuo | 347 | tuo 1 yi 1 (undress) |
| wa | 348 | qing 1 wa 1 (frog) |
| wai | 349 | wai 4 mian 4 (outside) |
| wan | 350 | wan 4 (ten thousands) |
| wang | 351 | si 3 wang 2 (death) |
| wei | 352 | wei 3 da 4 (great) |
| wen | 353 | wen 2 hua 4 (culture) |
| weng | 354 | lao 3 weng 1 (oldman) |
| wo | 355 | wo 3 (I) |
| wu | 356 | wu 2 lun 4 (no matter what) |
| xi | 357 | xi 1 fang 1 (west) |
| xia | 358 | xia 4 mian 4 (bottom) |
| xian | 359 | xian 4 zai 4 (now) |
| xiang | 360 | xiang 4 (like) |
| xiao | 361 | xiao 3 (small) |
| xie | 362 | xie 3 (write) |
| xin | 363 | xin 1 (new) |
| 364 | xing 2 dong 4 (act) | |
| xiong | 365 | xiong 2 (bear) |
| xiu | 366 | xiu 1 xi 5 (break) |
| xu | 367 | xu 1 yao 4 (need) |
| xuan | 368 | xuan 1 bu 4 (declare) |
| xue | 369 | xue 3 (snow) |
| xun | 370 | xun 2 wen 4 (ask for) |
| ya | 371 | ya 4 zhou 1 (Asia) |
| yan | 372 | yan 4 zi 5 (swallow) |
| yang | 373 | tai 4 yang 2 (sun) |
| yao | 374 | yao 1 qiu 2 (require) |
| ye | 375 | ye 2 ye 5 (grandfather) |
| yi | 376 | yi 1 (one) |
| yin | 377 | yin 1 yue 4 (music) |
| ying | 378 | ying 1 gai 1 (should) |
| yo | 379 | yo 5 (function word) |
| yong | 380 | yong 3 yuan 3 (forever) |
| you | 381 | you 2 yu 2 (due to) |
| yu | 382 | yu 2 (fish) |
| yuan | 383 | yuan 2 lai 2 (formerly) |
| yue | 384 | yue 4 (month) |
| yun | 385 | yun 2 (cloud) |
| za | 386 | za 2 luan 4 (disorder) |
| zai | 387 | zai 4 jian 4 (farewell) |
| zan | 388 | zan 2 men 5 (our) |
| zang | 389 | ang 1 zang 1 (dirty) |
| zao | 390 | zao 3 chen 2 (morning) |
| ze | 391 | ze 2 ren 4 (response) |
| zei | 392 | zei 2 (thief) |
| zen | 393 | zan 4 yang 2 (praise) |
| zeng | 394 | zeng 1 jia 1 (add) |
| zha | 395 | zha 4 dan 4 (bomb) |
| zhai | 396 | qian 4 zhai 4 (owe) |
| zhan | 397 | zhan 4 li 4 (stand) |
| zhang | 398 | zhang 1 kai 1 (open) |
| zhao | 399 | zhao 1 huan 4 (summon) |
| zhe | 400 | zhe 4 li 3 (here) |
| zhei | 401 | zhei 5 (this) |
| zhen | 402 | zhen 1 zheng 4 (real) |
| zheng | 403 | zheng 4 yi 4 (justice) |
| zhi | 404 | yi 4 zhi 4 (restrain) |
| zhong | 405 | zhong 1 guo 2 (China) |
| zhou | 406 | si 4 zhou 1 (around) |
| zhu | 407 | zhu 1 (pig) |
| zhua | 408 | zhua 1 (grab) |
| zhuai | 409 | zhuai 4 (pull) |
| zhuan | 410 | zhuan 1 (brick) |
| zhuang | 411 | zhuang 1 (pretend) |
| zhui | 412 | zhui 1 (chase) |
| zhun | 413 | zhun 3 (precise) |
| zhuo | 414 | zhuo 1 (table) |
| zi | 415 | zi 4 (character) |
| zong | 416 | zong 3 (total) |
| zou | 417 | zou 3 (walk) |
| zu | 418 | zu 1 (rent) |
| zuan | 419 | zuan 4 (diamond) |
| zui | 420 | zui 4 (most) |
| zun | 421 | zun 1 (respect) |
| zuo | 422 | zuo 4 (sit) |