Standard Chinese: Difference between revisions

Standard Chinese consists of 17 initials and 33 finals.

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==== Finals of Mandarin dialects ====

Several finals that exist in Mandarin dialects of northern China do not exist in Standard Mandarin. They are instead substituted with other finals in order to read certain characters.

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!Original final

!Replacement

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|喬

|iao

|iu

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|僉

|ian

|im

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|彊

|iang

|eung

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|匔

|iong

|ung, eng

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|㔍

|ua

|a

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|鎈

|uo

|o, iu

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|膗

|uai

|oi, ai, a

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|汆

|uan

|iun

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|刅

|uang

|ong

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|傳

|üan

|eung