Pronunciation Rules

These rules provide English equivalents for sounds as rendered in Wade-Gilles:

      ch    pronounced      j
      ch'                          ch
      e                             short u as in fun
       j                              like English r as in ready
      k                             g
      k'                            k
      p                             b
      p'                            p
      t                              d
      t'                             t
      ts                             dz
      ts'                            ts
      hs                            sh

Vowels are pronounced as in Italian or German.