![]() | This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Wu Chinese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Wu Chinese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Wu Chinese pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see ((IPA-wuu)) and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
In the Romanization schemes of Wu Chinese:
IPA | Romanization schemes | Characters | English Approximation | |||
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i | ii | iii | iv | |||
p | p | p | b | 巴百 | spin | |
pʰ | ph | ph | p | 怕捧 | pin | |
b | b | b | bh | 旁别 | big | |
m | m | m | mh | 没母 | might | |
ˀm | m | m | 闷美 | lamb, with glottalization | ||
m̩ | m | 姆亩 | rhythm | |||
f | f | f | f | 夫反 | find | |
v | v | v | fh | 佛犯 | vase | |
ˀv | v | v | 勿[2] | leave, with glottalization | ||
t | t | t | d | 多德 | stop | |
tʰ | th | th | t | 体通 | top | |
d | d | d | dh | 地同 | dash | |
n | n | n | nh, -n | 纳努 | night | |
ˀn | ng | 囡呢 | ton, with glottalization | |||
ȵ[3] | ny | gn | nh | 尼女 | canyon | |
ˀȵ[3] | gn | n | 研妞 | canyon, with glottalization | ||
n̩ | n | n | 唔 | button | ||
l | l | l | lh | 勒路 | lip | |
ˀl | l | l | 拎了 | pull, with glottalization | ||
ts | ts | ts | z | 子张 | cats | |
tsʰ | tsh | tsh | c | 超参 | cats head | |
s | s | s | s | 书三 | sea | |
z | z | z | sh | 传食 | zoo | |
tɕ | c | c | j | 居尖 | cheap | |
tɕʰ | ch | ch | q | 曲青 | catch him | |
dʑ | j | j | jh | 求极 | jeep | |
ɕ | sh | sh | x | 需血 | sheep | |
ʑ | zh | zh | xh | 谢墙 | vision | |
k | k | k | g | 工各 | scan | |
kʰ | kh | kh | k | 苦客 | can | |
ɡ | g | g | gh | 共搞 | get | |
ŋ | ng | ng | nhg-, -ng | 鹅牙 | bring | |
ˀŋ | ng | ng | 我砑 | sing, with glottalization | ||
ŋ̍ | ng | ng | 五鱼 | No English equivalent | ||
ɦ | gh | gh | hh | 红合 | behind | |
ɻ | er | -r (er) | 而尔 | right | ||
ʔ | -h | -q | -k | Pause in uh-oh! |
IPA† | Romanization schemes † | E.g. | English Approximation | |||
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i | ii | iii | iv | |||
i | -i, -i-, y-, yh- | 西谢 | beat | |||
ɿ[3] | y | -y | 资处 | American better | ||
o/u | -o, -u, w- | -u, -u-, w-, wh- | 多坏 | boot | ||
y | iu | yu, -u[4], -u-, yhu- | 须卷 | RP cute, but the vowel is more front | ||
ᴀ[3] | a, ia | a (ia, ua) | 拉写 | father, but the vowel is more front | ||
o~ʊ | o | o (o, ong, iong) | 沙画 | between go and push | ||
ᴇ[3] | e | e (e, ue) | 海难 | play | ||
ɔ | au | ao (ao, iao) | 少表 | off | ||
ɤ | eu | ou (ou, iu[5]) | 头流 | foot, but with unrounded lips | ||
ø | oen, oe | oe (uoe, yoe) | 看完 | RP fur, but the vowel is more front and with rounded lips | ||
ə | en, er | e (en, un[5], er) | 登而 | about | ||
ã | an | an (ian, uan) | 长横 | sang | ||
ɑ̃ | aon | ang (ang, iang, uang) | 刚光 | Similar to song | ||
Vowels with glottal stops | ||||||
ᴀʔ | aq | ak (ak, iak, uak) | 白脚 | but, with glottalization | ||
əʔ | eq | ek (ek, uek) | 合活 | comma, with glottalisation | ||
oʔ~ʊʔ | oq | ok (ok, iok) | 角肉 | between go and push, with glottalisaton | ||
iɪʔ | eq | ik | 笔吃 | beat, but the vowel is more open and with glottalization | ||
yɪʔ | ioq, iuiq | yuik | 血月 | RP cute, but the vowel is more front and with glottalization |