汉语拼音缩写

汉语拼音使用缩写，方便熟练者但容易让初学者困惑。注意：拼写不一定与发音一致。

• 有三种情况通过去掉一个字母来缩写：
  • -iou = -iu
  • -uei = -ui
  • -uen = -un
• 在不会产生歧义时，带声调符号的元音可省略符号。音[ɛ]（类似英语red）原本用ê表示，但出现的地方都被替换了。
  • -iê = -ie
  • -iên = -ian
• If the initial is j, q, or x, replace ü with u.
  • (jqx)-ü = -u
  • (jqx)-üê = -ue
  • (jqx)-üên = -uan
  • (jqx)-ün = -un
• In most cases, if there is no initial, the spelling is altered to make syllable boundaries unambiguous when syllables are written together. In the case when there's no initial and there is an ü, replace ü with yu.
  • ü = yu
  • üê = yue
  • üên = yuan
• If there's no initial and the vowel is i (with no diphthong), add a y:
  • i = yi
  • in = yin
  • ing = ying
• If there's no initial and there is a diphthong beginning with i, replace i with y.
  • iê = ye
  • iên = yan
  • iou = you
  • ia = ya
  • iao = yao
• If there's no initial and the final is just u, add a w:
  • u = wu
• If there's no initial and there is a diphthong beginning with u, replace u with w.
  • ua = wa
  • uai = wai
  • uei = wei
  • uan = wan
  • uen = wen

还需注意，-i代表的音因声母不同而不同：{sh, ch, zh, r}、{z, c, s}或{b, p, m, d, t, n, l, j, q, x}各有区别。不同韵母中同一字母代表的音也有差异，但这些较少引起混淆。