Mandarin Chinese Romanization: Comparing Yale to Pīnyīn and Wade-Giles

This is the third of three tables you can use to look up a how a Mandarin Chinese sound is spelled with roman letters and ompare how it is spelled in two other major romanizaion system—especially useful if you run across a spelling in a system you're less familiar with.

On this page, the focus is on the Yale system.
 

Yale Index

Yale Index
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Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
a	a	a
ai	ai	ai
an	an	an
ang	ang	ang
au	ao	ao
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ba	ba	pa
bai	bai	pai
ban	ban	pan
bang	bang	pang
bau	bao	pao
bei	bei	pei
ben	ben	pen
beng	beng	peng
bi	bi	pi
bin	bin	pin
bing	bing	ping
bu	bu	pu
bwo	bo	po
byan	bian	pien
byau	biao	piao
bye	bie	pieh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
cha	cha	ch`a
chai	chai	ch`ai
chan	chan	ch`an
chang	chang	ch`ang
chau	chao	ch`ao
che	che	ch`e
chen	chen	ch`en
cheng	cheng	ch`eng
chi	qi	ch`i
chin	qin	ch`in
ching	qing	ch`ing
chou	chou	ch`ou
chr	chi	ch`ih
chu	chu	ch`u
chung	chong	ch`ung
chwai	chuai	ch`uai
chwan	chuan	ch`uan
chwang	chuang	ch`uang
chwei	chui	ch`ui
chwo	chuo	ch`o
chwun	chun	ch`un
chya	qia	ch`ia
chyan	qian	ch`ien
chyang	qiang	ch`iang
chyau	qiao	ch`iao
chye	qie	ch`ieh
chyou	qiu	ch`iu
chyu	qu	ch`ü
chyun	qun	ch`ün
chyung	qiong	ch`iung
chywan	quan	ch`üan
chywe	que	ch`üeh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
da	da	ta
dai	dai	tai
dan	dan	tan
dang	dang	tang
dau	dao	tao
de	de	te
deng	deng	teng
di	di	ti
ding	ding	ting
dou	dou	tou
du	du	tu
dung	dong	tung
dwan	duan	tuan
dwei	dui	tui
dwo	duo	to
dwun	dun	tun
dyan	dian	tien
dyau	diao	tiao
dye	die	tieh
dyou	diu	tiu
dz	zi	tzu
dza	za	tsa
dzai	zai	tsai
dzan	zan	tsan
dzang	zang	tsang
dzau	zao	tsao
dze	ze	tse
dzei	zei	tsei
dzen	zen	tsen
dzeng	zeng	tseng
dzou	zou	tsou
dzu	zu	tsu
dzung	zong	tsung
dzwan	zuan	tsuan
dzwei	zui	tsui
dzwo	zuo	tso
dzwun	zun	tsun
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
e	e	e
en	en	en
er	er	erh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
fa	fa	fa
fan	fan	fan
fang	fang	fang
fei	fei	fei
fen	fen	fen
feng	feng	feng
fou	fou	fou
fu	fu	fu
fwo	fo	fo
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ga	ga	ka
gai	gai	kai
gan	gan	kan
gang	gang	kang
gau	gao	kao
ge	ge	ko
gei	gei	kei
gen	gen	ken
geng	geng	keng
gou	gou	kou
gu	gu	ku
gung	gong	kung
gwa	gua	kua
gwai	guai	kuai
gwan	guan	kuan
gwang	guang	kuang
gwei	gui	kuei
gwo	guo	kuo
gwun	gun	kun
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ha	ha	ha
hai	hai	hai
han	han	han
hang	hang	hang
hau	hao	hao
he	he	ho
hei	hei	hei
hen	hen	hen
heng	heng	heng
hou	hou	hou
hu	hu	hu
hung	hong	hung
hwa	hua	hua
hwai	huai	huai
hwan	huan	huan
hwang	huang	huang
hwei	hui	hui
hwo	huo	huo
hwun	hun	hun
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ja	zha	cha
jai	zhai	chai
jan	zhan	chan
jang	zhang	chang
jau	zhao	chao
je	zhe	che
jen	zhen	chen
jeng	zheng	cheng
ji	ji	chi
jin	jin	chin
jing	jing	ching
jou	zhou	chou
jr	zhi	chih
ju	zhu	chu
jung	zhong	chung
jwa	zhua	chua
jwai	zhuai	chuai
jwan	zhuan	chuan
jwang	zhuang	chuang
jwei	zhui	chui
jwo	zhuo	cho
jwun	zhun	chun
jya	jia	chia
jyan	jian	chien
jyang	jie	chieh
jyang	jiang	chiang
jyau	jiao	chiao
jyou	jiu	chiu
jyu	ju	chü
jyun	jun	chün
jyung	jiong	chiung
jywan	juan	chüan
jywe	jue	chüeh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ka	ka	k`a
kai	kai	k`ai
kan	kan	k`an
kang	kang	k`ang
kau	ke	k`o
kau	kao	k`ao
ke	ken	k`en
ken	keng	k`eng
kou	kou	k`ou
ku	ku	k`u
kung	kong	k`ung
kwa	kua	k`ua
kwai	kuai	k`uai
kwan	kuan	k`uan
kwang	kuang	k`uang
kwei	kui	k`uei
kwo	kuo	k`uo
kwun	kun	k`un
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
la	la	la
lai	lai	lai
lan	lan	lan
lang	lang	lang
lau	lao	lao
le	le	le
lei	lei	lei
leng	leng	leng
li	li	li
lin	lin	lin
ling	ling	ling
lo	long	lung
lou	lu	lu
lung	lou	lou
lwan	luan	luan
lwo	luo	lo
lwun	lun	lun
lya	lian	lien
lyan	liang	liang
lyau	liao	liao
lye	lie	lieh
lyou	liu	liu
lyu	lü	lü
lywe	lue	lüeh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ma	ma	ma
mai	mai	mai
man	man	man
mang	mang	mang
mau	mao	mao
mei	mei	mei
men	men	men
meng	meng	meng
mi	mi	mi
ming	ming	ming
ming	min	min
mou	mou	mou
mu	mu	mu
mwo	mo	mo
myan	mian	mien
myau	miao	miao
mye	mie	mieh
myou	miu	miu
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
na	na	na
nai	nai	nai
nan	nan	nan
nang	nang	nang
nau	nao	nao
nei	nei	nei
nen	nen	nen
neng	neng	neng
ni	ni	ni
nin	nin	nin
ning	ning	ning
nou	nou	nou
now	nuo	no
nu	nu	nu
nung	nong	nung
nwan	nuan	nuan
nyan	nian	nien
nyang	niang	niang
nyau	niao	niao
nye	nie	nieh
nyou	niu	niu
nyu	nü	nü
nywe	nue	nüeh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ou	ou	ou
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
pa	pa	p`a
pai	pai	p`ai
pan	pan	p`an
pang	pang	p`ang
pau	pao	p`ao
pei	pei	p`ei
pen	pen	p`en
peng	peng	p`eng
pi	pi	p`i
pin	pin	p`in
ping	ping	p`ing
pou	pou	p`ou
pu	pu	p`u
pwo	po	p`o
pyan	pian	p`ien
pyau	piao	p`iao
pye	pie	p`ieh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
r	ri	jih
ran	ran	jan
rang	rang	jang
rau	rao	jao
re	re	je
ren	ren	jen
reng	reng	jeng
rou	rou	jou
ru	ru	ju
rung	rong	jung
rwan	ruan	juan
rwei	rui	jui
rwo	ruo	jo
rwun	run	jun
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
sa	sa	sa
sai	sai	sai
san	san	san
sang	sang	sang
sau	sao	sao
se	se	se
sen	sen	sen
seng	seng	seng
sha	sha	sha
shai	shai	shai
shan	shan	shan
shang	shang	shang
shau	shao	shao
she	she	she
shen	shen	shen
sheng	sheng	sheng
shou	shou	shou
shr	shi	shih
shu	shu	shu
shwa	shua	shua
shwai	shuai	shuai
shwan	shuan	shuan
shwang	shuang	shuang
shwei	shui	shui
shwo	shuo	shuo
shwun	shun	shun
sou	sou	sou
su	su	su
sung	song	sung
swan	suan	suan
swei	sui	sui
swo	suo	so
swun	sun	sun
sya	xia	hsia
syan	xian	hsien
syang	xiang	hsiang
syau	xiao	hsiao
sye	xie	hsieh
syin	xin	hsin
sying	xing	hsing
syou	xiu	hsiu
syu	xu	hsü
syun	xun	hsün
syung	xiong	hsiung
sywan	xuan	hsüan
sywe	xue	hsüeh
sz	si	ssu
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ta	ta	t`a
tai	tai	t`ai
tan	tan	t`an
tang	tang	t`ang
tau	tao	t`ao
te	te	t`e
teng	teng	t`eng
ti	ti	t`i
ting	ting	t`ing
tou	tou	t`ou
tsa	ca	ts`a
tsai	cai	ts`ai
tsan	can	ts`an
tsang	cang	ts`ang
tsau	cao	ts`ao
tse	ce	ts`e
tsen	cen	ts`en
tseng	ceng	ts`eng
tsou	cou	ts`ou
tsu	cu	ts`u
tsung	cong	ts`ung
tswan	cuan	ts`uan
tswei	cui	ts`ui
tswo	cuo	ts`o
tswun	cun	ts`un
tsz	ci	tz`u
tu	tu	t`u
tung	tong	t`ung
twan	tuan	t`uan
twei	tui	t`ui
two	tuo	t`o
twun	tun	t`un
tyan	tian	t`ien
tyau	tiao	t`iao
tye	tie	t`ieh
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
wa	wa	wa
wai	wai	wai
wan	wan	wan
wang	wang	wang
wei	wei	wei
wen	wen	wen
weng	weng	weng
wo	wo	wo
wu	wu	wu
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
xyi	xi	hsi
Yale	Pīnyīn	Wade-Giles
ya	ya	ya
yai	yai	yai
yan	yan	yen
yang	yang	yang
yau	yao	yao
ye	ye	yeh
yi	yi	i
yin	yin	yin
ying	ying	ying
yo	yo	yo
you	you	yu
yu	yu	yü
yun	yun	yün
yung	yong	yung
ywan	yuan	yüan
ywe	yue	yüeh