Help:IPA/Wu Chinese

The following tables list the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols used for Wu Chinese (吳語). For simplicity, only one romanization is given. See romanization of Wu Chinese for more variants.

Initial consonants
IPA Wugniu Examples[i]
b b [du˨ b za˨˩]
ɕ sh [bəʔ˩ ɕjã˨ ŋu˨˧]
d d [ɲiɪʔ˩ dɤ˨˧]
j [tsaʔ˦ i˨˧]
f f [zɹ̩˨ le˥ fu˨˩] 自來
g g [ɡ se˥ βu˨˩] 山河
h h [kʰwən˧ loʔ˥ hwəʔ˨˩] 睏落
ɦ gh [fɑ̃˦ ɦjɔ˨ tsɹ̩˦]
k k [doʔ˩ k tsʰən˨˧]
kh [ɦja˨ wa˥ dɤ˨˩]
l l [lɔ˨ zoŋ˦]
m m [tɕjaʔ˧ mø˥ dɤ˨˩]
n n [tsʰoʔ˥ na˨˩]
ŋ ng [jɪʔ˧ ŋ ŋe˨˩] 眼眼
ɲ[ii] gn [kʰe˦ koʔ˧ ɲ ] 開國
p p [liɪʔ˩ piɪʔ˨ koʔ˨˧]
ph [tsɔ˧ ke˨˩]
s s [sən˧ kɔ˥ ɲioʔ˨˩] 烤肉
t t [tã˧ kʰe˥ sɹ̩˨˩] 開司
c [tsʰo˦ mo˨ jã˦] 搓麻
tɕʰ ch [loʔ˩ tɕʰ le˨˧]
th [ze˨ sɹ̩˨˩]
ts ts [tʰe˧ tsɔ˥ sɹ̩˨˩] 退
tsʰ tsh [tsʰaʔ˧ u˦]
v v [v te˦]
z z [zã˨ sən˥ ku˨˩] 生果
ʑ zh [ʑjɲ˨ ɕjã˥ mo˨˩] 相罵
Final consonants
IPA Wugniu Examples[i]
Cons. Rhyme
-n[iii] ən en [sa˧ zən˥ kwɑ̃˨˩]
in in [te˥ ge˧ ɲin˨˩] 單隑
wən[iv] uen [kwən˧ di˥ loŋ˨˩] 地龍
ɥn[v] yn [tɕʰi˥ ɦɥn˨˩]
-ŋ joŋ[vi] iong joŋ˨ dɤ˦] (嘸)
oŋ ong [su˥ ˧ dɤ˨˩]
-ʔ aʔ aq [s˧ l˦] 殺辣
əʔ eq [lɔ˨ əʔ˥ laʔ˨˩]
oʔ oq [l˩ zã˨ sɹ̩˨˧ ] 場勢
jaʔ[vi] iaq [hwaʔ˧ jaʔ˦]
jɪʔ[vii] iq [ɦã˨ jɪʔ˥ dɤ˨˩]
joʔ[vi] ioq [da˨ ɦjoʔ˦]
waʔ[iv] uaq [hwaʔ˧ pi˦]
wəʔ[iv] ueq wəʔ˩ sən˨˧]
ɥɪʔ[v] iuq [faʔ˧ ɕɥɪʔ˦ ]
Vowels
IPA Wugniu Examples[i]
a a [kʰa˥ mi˧ de˨˩] 面台
ã an [fã˦ ve˨ ɦoʔ˦] 飯學
ɑ̃ aon [tɑ̃˦ bɑ̃˨˧] 打朋
e e [khuəʔ˧ pe˥ ŋa˨˩]
i i [ɕjaʔ˦ sɹ̩˧ i˦] 削水
ja[vi] ia [bø˨ ɦja˥ mɔ˨˩] 𨒃
jã[vi] ian ˦ bjɪʔ˩ dɤ˨˧] 鼻頭
jɔ[vi] iau [tɕ˥ kwe˨˩] 關(熱)
jɤ[vi] ieu [kʰa˥ ɦ˨˩]
o o [tjɔ˦ tsʰo˥ tsɹ̩˨˩]
ø oe [bəʔ˩ ɕjã˨ kø˨˧] 白相
ɔ au [gaʔ˩ nɔ˨ mã˨˧]
ɤ eu [tɕʰi˥ kən˧ tɤ˨˩] 躥跟
ɹ̩[ii] y [koʔ˧ tsɹ̩˦]
u u [du˨ dɤ˥ moŋ˨˩] 頭夢
wa[iv] ua [tsaʔ˧ kwa˦] (老)着
wã[viii] uan ˨ sɹ̩˥ ɦ˨˩]
wɑ̃[iv] uaon [ɕjɔ˦ di˨ kwɑ̃˦] 捎地
we[iv] ue [kwe˦ ɦja˨ ɦo˦] 夜學
wø[iv] uoe [kʰ˥ sɹ̩˨˩] (辰光老)
y iu [ba˨ y˦]
ɥø[v] ioe ɥø˨ zoʔ˦]
Tones
IPA Numeric
contours

[ix]
Tonal
categories

(sequence)
Examples[i]
Stand-alone tones
˥˨ 52 陰平 (◌1) [kʰe˦ hwən˥˨]
˧˦ 34 陰去 (◌5) [vəʔ˧ taʔ˧ ka˧˦] 勿搭
˨˧ 23 陽去 (◌6) [məʔ˩ zɹ̩˨ dɤ˨˧] 物事
ʔ˥ ◌ʔ55 陰入 (◌7) [vəʔ˧ səʔ˥ i˨˩]
ʔ˩˨ ◌ʔ12 陽入 (◌8) [dɤ˨ tsɹ̩˧ ɦuəʔ˩˨] 頭子
Supplementary tonal changes
˥ 55 陰平 (◌1) [ɦwã˧ toŋ˥ dɔ˨˩]
ʔ˩ ◌ʔ11 陽入 (◌8) [ɦəʔ˩ pʰoʔ˨ kʰwən˨˧] 撲睏
˨˩ 21 / [kʰwən˧ səʔ˥ hwəʔ˨˩] 睏失
˦ 44 / [dʑi˧ ba˨ dɤ˦] 掮牌
˧ 33 / [zu˧ dən˨ tsoŋ˦] 臀中
˨ 22 / [fɑ̃˧ tsaʔ˧ mɔ˨ dɤ˦] 放隻
ʔ˦ ◌ʔ44 / [gue˨ saʔ˦]
ʔ˨ ◌ʔ33 / [ɲjã˨ gəʔ˧ toŋ˥ tsʰe˨] 東采
ʔ˨ ◌ʔ22 / [tɑ̃˥ zaʔ˧ vəʔ˧ zaʔ˨] 當着勿
  1. ^ 钱乃荣; 许宝华; 汤珍珠, eds. (2007). 上海话大词典 [Shanghainese Grand Dictionary]. 上海辞书出版社.
  2. ^ 钱乃荣 (1988). "第贰章语音". In 许宝华; 汤珍珠 (eds.). 上海市区方言志 [A study of the Shanghai Urban Dialect]. 上海教育出版社. pp. 4, 8, 9, 24.
  3. ^ Zhu, Xiaonong (1995). Shanghai Tonetics (PhD thesis). Australian National University.


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