Pinyin Spelling Rules

Question 1

1) The final ‘iou’ changes into the form…

Answer 1

‘iu’ when spelt with an initial (liu, xiu, niu, miu, jiu, qiu)

Question 2

2) The final ‘uei’ changes into the form…

Answer 2

‘ui’ when spelt with an initial (hui, zhui, chui, shui, zui)

Question 3

3) The final ‘uen’ changes into the form…

Answer 3

‘un’ when spelt with an initial (lun, kun, gun, zhun, sun)

Question 4

4) ‘ü’ should be spelt as ‘u’ when it follows initials…

Answer 4

j, q, x, or y … ü->u (ju, qu, xu, jue, que, xue, yu, yue)

Question 5

5) The syllable initial position of ‘i’, ‘u’, or ‘ü’ will…

Answer 5

become a semi-vowel (iou->you) (ua->wa) (ie->ye) (uen->wen) (iou->you) (uai->wai) (uei->wei) (iao->yao) (ian->yan) (uan->wan) (uen->wen) (uang->wang) (ueng->weng) (ü->yu) (ün->yun)

Question 6

6) If ‘i’, ‘u’, or ‘ü’ stands alone as a syllable…

Answer 6

add a semi-vowel in front of it (i->yi) (u->wu) (ü->yu)