Wade–Giles table

This Wade–Giles table is a complete listing of all Wade–Giles syllables used in Standard Chinese. Each syllable in a cell is composed of an initial (columns) and a final (rows). An empty cell indicates that the corresponding syllable does not exist in Standard Chinese.

The below table indicates possible combinations of initials and finals in Standard Chinese, but does not indicate tones, which are equally important to the proper pronunciation of Chinese. Although some initial-final combinations have some syllables using each of the five different tones, most do not. Some utilize only one tone.

Finals are grouped into subsets a, i, u and ü. i, u and ü groupings indicate a combination of those finals with finals from Group a. The following exceptions exist:

Group	Special combination
i	i+ou=iu	i+an=ien	i+ên=in	i+êng=ing
u	u+ei=ui		u+ên=un	u+êng=ung
ü			ü+ên=ün	ü+êng=iung

Most syllables are a combination of an initial and a final. However, some syllables have no initials. This is shown in Wade–Giles as follows:

if the final begins with an i and there are other vowels, it is replaced with a y.
if the final begins with an u, it is replaced with a w
if the final begins with an ü, add y in the beginning
exceptions to the rules above are indicated by yellow in the table's no initial column:

Wade–Giles table		Initials																						Wade–Giles table
Wade–Giles table		∅	p	p'	m	f	t	t'	n	l	k	k'	h	ch	ch'	hs	ch	ch'	sh	j	ts	ts'	s	Wade–Giles table
Group a Finals	ih/û																chih	ch'ih	shih	jih	tzu	tz'u	szu	ih/û	Group a Finals
	a	a	pa	p'a	ma	fa	ta	t'a	na	la	ka	k'a	ha				cha	ch'a	sha		tsa	ts'a	sa	a
	o	o	po	p'o	mo	fo	to	t'o	no	lo	ko	k'o	ho				cho	ch'o		jo	tso	ts'o	so	o
	ê	ê			mê		tê	t'ê	nê	lê							chê	ch'ê	shê	jê	tsê	ts'ê	sê	ê
	ai	ai	pai	p'ai	mai		tai	t'ai	nai	lai	kai	k'ai	hai				chai	ch'ai	shai		tsai	ts'ai	sai	ai
	ei	ei	pei	p'ei	mei	fei	tei	t'ei	nei	lei	kei		hei				chei		shei		tsei			ei
	ao	ao	pao	p'ao	mao		tao	t'ao	nao	lao	kao	k'ao	hao				chao	ch'ao	shao	jao	tsao	ts'ao	sao	ao
	ou	ou		p'ou	mou	fou	tou	t'ou	nou	lou	kou	k'ou	hou				chou	ch'ou	shou	jou	tsou	ts'ou	sou	ou
	an	an	pan	p'an	man	fan	tan	t'an	nan	lan	kan	k'an	han				chan	ch'an	shan	jan	tsan	ts'an	san	an
	ên	ên	pên	p'ên	mên	fên	tên		nên		kên	k'ên	hên				chên	ch'ên	shên	jên	tsên	ts'ên	sên	ên
	ang	ang	pang	p'ang	mang	fang	tang	t'ang	nang	lang	kang	k'ang	hang				chang	ch'ang	shang	jang	tsang	ts'ang	sang	ang
	êng	êng	pêng	p'êng	mêng	fêng	têng	t'êng	nêng	lêng	kêng	k'êng	hêng				chêng	ch'êng	shêng	jêng	tsêng	ts'êng	sêng	êng
	êrh	êrh																						êrh
Group i Finals	i	i	pi	p'i	mi		ti	t'i	ni	li				chi	ch'i	hsi								i	Group i Finals
	ia	ya					tia			lia				chia	ch'ia	hsia								ia
	io	yo																						io
	ieh	yeh	pieh	p'ieh	mieh		tieh	t'ieh	nieh	lieh				chieh	ch'ieh	hsieh								ieh
	iai	yai																						iai
	iao	yao	piao	p'iao	miao		tiao	t'iao	niao	liao				chiao	ch'iao	hsiao								iao
	iu	yu			miu		tiu		niu	liu				chiu	ch'iu	hsiu								iu
	ien	yen	pien	p'ien	mien		tien	t'ien	nien	lien				chien	ch'ien	hsien								ien
	in	yin	pin	p'in	min				nin	lin				chin	ch'in	hsin								in
	iang	yang							niang	liang				chiang	ch'iang	hsiang								iang
	ing	ying	ping	p'ing	ming		ting	t'ing	ning	ling				ching	ch'ing	hsing								ing
Group u Finals	u	wu	pu	p'u	mu	fu	tu	t'u	nu	lu	ku	k'u	hu				chu	ch'u	shu	ju	tsu	ts'u	su	u	Group u Finals
	ua	wa									kua	k'ua	hua				chua	ch'ua	shua	jua				ua
	uo	wo									kuo	k'uo	huo						shuo					uo
	uai	wai									kuai	k'uai	huai				chuai	ch'uai	shuai					uai
	ui	wei					tui	t'ui			kui	k'ui	hui				chui	ch'ui	shui	jui	tsui	ts'ui	sui	ui
	uan	wan					tuan	t'uan	nuan	luan	kuan	k'uan	huan				chuan	ch'uan	shuan	juan	tsuan	ts'uan	suan	uan
	un	wen					tun	t'un	nun	lun	kun	k'un	hun				chun	ch'un	shun	jun	tsun	ts'un	sun	un
	uang	wang									kuang	k'uang	huang				chuang	ch'uang	shuang					uang
	ung	weng					tung	t'ung	nung	lung	kung	k'ung	hung				chung	ch'ung		jung	tsung	ts'ung	sung	ung
Group ü Finals	ü	yü							nü	lü				chü	ch'ü	hsü								ü	Group ü Finals
	üeh	yüeh							nüe	lüe				chüeh	ch'üeh	hsüeh								üeh
	üan	yüan								lüan				chüan	ch'üan	hsüan								üan
	ün	yün												chün	ch'ün	hsün								ün
	iung	yung												chiung	ch'iung	hsiung								iung
Wade–Giles table		∅	p	p'	m	f	t	t'	n	l	k	k'	h	ch	ch'	hs	ch	ch'	sh	j	ts	ts'	s	Wade–Giles table
Wade–Giles table		Initials																						Wade–Giles table

Colour Legend:

"regular" initial or final Final is in Group a or is a direct combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final	Final of i, u, ü groups is a modified combination of: i+Group a final u+Group a final ü+Group a final	syllable is direct combination of initial and final (or follows rules for no-initial syllables outlined at the top of the page)	syllable is modified combination of initial and final

Syllables with final o has multiple counterparts in different romanization systems

IPA	pu̯ɔ	pʰu̯ɔ	mu̯ɔ	fu̯ɔ	tu̯ɔ	tʰu̯ɔ	nu̯ɔ	lu̯ɔ	kɤ	kʰɤ	xɤ	ʈʂu̯ɔ	ʈʂʰu̯ɔ	ʐu̯ɔ	ʦu̯ɔ	ʦʰu̯ɔ	su̯ɔ
Wade–Giles	po	p'o	mo	fo	to	t'o	no	lo	ko	k'o	ho	cho	ch'o	jo	tso	ts'o	so
Bopomofo	ㄅㄛ	ㄆㄛ	ㄇㄛ	ㄈㄛ	ㄉㄨㄛ	ㄊㄨㄛ	ㄋㄨㄛ	ㄌㄨㄛ	ㄍㄜ	ㄎㄜ	ㄏㄜ	ㄓㄨㄛ	ㄔㄨㄛ	ㄖㄨㄛ	ㄗㄨㄛ	ㄘㄨㄛ	ㄙㄨㄛ
Pinyin	bo	po	mo	fo	duo	tuo	nuo	luo	ge	ke	he	zhuo	chuo	ruo	zuo	cuo	suo

Wade–Giles table

See also