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Entry Sound Illustrated   Transcription English Notes 
1  p pə́ʔ  to push away   
2  pʰ pʰə́ʔ  to throw out water   
3  b bə̀ʔ  excited   
4  t tə́ʔ  morality   
5  tʰ tʰə́ʔ  to remove   
6  d də̀ʔ  special   
7  k kə́ʔ  revolution   
8  kʰ kʰə́ʔ  cough (verb)   
9  g gə̀ʔ  to hold something under one's arm   
10  t͡s t͡sɿ  of  ɿ = High Central Unrounded Vowel 
11  t͡sʰ t͡sʰч  idiotic  ч = Voiced Rounded Palatal Approximant 
12  tɕ tɕi  chicken   
13  tɕʰ tɕʰi  bully (verb)   
14  dʐ dʐǐ  chess   
15  f fə́ʔ  negation, not   
16  v və́ʔ  Buddah   
17  s sýʔ  book   
18  z zɿ  word   
19  ɕ ɕiʔ  thin   
20  j jìʔ  to move   
21  x xə́ʔ  black   
22  ɦ ɦə́ʔ  to close something   
23  m mə̀ʔ  ink   
24  n nə̀ʔ  accept   
25  ƞ ƞìʔ  suitable or appropriate  ƞ = Alveolo-palatal  
26  ŋ ŋə́ʔ  opening or position as in a job   
27  l lə́ʔ  to tighten a rope   
28  ɾ sɾʔ  to tear   
29  ч sчʔ  book   
30  u uʔ  dark color   
31  y yʔ  bookish   
32  m̩ m̩  mommy   
33  ŋ̩ ŋ̩̌  fish   
34  ɭ ɦəɭ  number   
35  i iʔ  clothes   
36  i in  yin   
37  e e  love   
38  ɪ iɪ  smoke   
39  e ue  power   
40  E E  informal call or greeting (hey)  Mid Front Unrounded Vowel 
41  ? əʔ  to hold tightly   
42  ə iəʔ  one   
43  u uə́ʔ  home   
44  ə yə́ʔ  melancholy   
45  ɛ ɛʔ  late   
46  ɛ uɛʔ  curved or bent   
47  ʌ ʌ  coat   
48  ɔ iɔʔ  demon   
49  ɯ ʌɯ  to defecate   
50  ɯ iʌɯ  worried   
51  a â  to force something upon someone   
52  a iǎ  elegant   
53  a uǎ  bad   
54  a ian  center   
55  ? áʔ  press   
56  a iáʔ  to make an appointment   
57  a uáʔ  to dig   
58  y yáʔ  to leap or jump   
59  o oʔ  according   
60  o ioʔ  abyss   
61  o uo  bowl   
62  ɔ iɔʔ  to bathe   
63  ɔ uɔʔ  fertile   
64  ɛ̃ ɛ̃  cherry   
65  ɛ̃ iɛ̃  rice shoot   
66  ɛ̃ uɛ̃  stubborn   
67  ə̃ ə̃n  blessing or grace   
68  ə̃ uə̃n  warm   
69  ə̃ yə̃n  to iron clothes   
70  ã ã  morally dirty   
71  ã uã  pool of water   
72  õ õŋ  old man   
73  õ iõŋ  to use   
74  Tone 1 - Yinping tõ⁵²  East   
75  Tone 2 - Yangping dõ²¹³  together  recording: gloss - same 
76  Tone 3 - Yinshang tõ³¹³  to understand   
77  Tone 4 - Yangshang dõ¹³¹  to move   
78  Tone 5 - Yinqu tõ³⁴  freeze   
79  Tone 6 - Yangqu dõ²¹³  hole   
80  Tone 7 - Yinru tɔ́ʔ⁵³  sincere  recording: gloss - steady 
81  Tone 8 - Yangru dɔ̀ʔ¹³  only  recording: gloss - alone