ia/ya

Similar to English  ya

“ i ” is replaced by “y” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

ie/ye

Similar to English ye in yes.

“ i ” is replaced by “y” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

iu/you

Similar to English  yo in yoyo.

“ i ” is replaced by “y”  when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

ua/wa

Similar to English  wa in wah.

“u” is replaced by “w” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

uo/wo

Similar to English wo in water

“u” is replaced by “w” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

ui/wei

Similar to English  wei in

wait.

“ui” is replaced by “wei” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

üe

Similar to English  yu-ye

“ ü ” is replaced by “yu” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable. “ e ” is pronounced as ê, similar to English egg.

iao

Similar to English yow

“ i ” is replaced by y when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

iou

Similar to English  yo in yoyo

“ i ” is replaced by “y” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

uai

Similar to English "wy in why

“u” is replaced by “w” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.

uei/wei

Similar to English “wei” in weight

“u” is replaced by “w” when there is no consonant at the beginning of a syllable.