Unit 2: Pinyin Table

Chinese Pinyin consists of 23 initials and 24 finals, but don’t worry—you don’t need to learn them all at once. Many of them are the same or similar to sounds in English and other languages, and we’ll practice them gradually in later lessons.

Not every initial can combine with every final, and not every syllable has a corresponding Chinese character for all four tones. So in practice, the number of useful Pinyin combinations isn’t as large as it may seem.

1. The Pinyin Table 

2.  Pronunciation Demonstration

Here’re videos demonstrating the pronunciation of all initials and finals. Feel free to watch and imitate.

2.1 Initials 

2.2 Simple finals and Double finals

2.3 Triple finals and Nasal finals

3. Online Pinyin Chart

This website provides audio examples of all Pinyin combinations (including tones), which you can use for practice anytime.

https://www.archchinese.com/chinese_pinyin.html