Chinese Pronunciation Guide
People

Pinyin Phonetic

Cai Yuanpei tsigh you-en pay

Chai Ling chigh leeng

Chen Duxiu chun doosheeoh

Chen Shuibian chun shway bee-en

Chen Yi chun ee

Chiang Ching-kuo jee-ahng jeenggwo

Chiang Kai-shek jee-ahng kai shek

Deng Xiaoping dung she-ow peeng

Cixi tsi she

Fang Lizhi fahng lee jer

Feng Guifen fung gway fun

Feng Yuxiang fung you shee-ahng

Guangxu emperor gwahng shu

H. H. Kung gung

Hong Xiuquan hung she-o chew-on

Hou Dejian hoe duh jee-en

Hu Feng who fung

Hu Jintao who jin tao

Hu Shi who sher

Hu Yaobang who yao bahng

Hua Guofeng hwah gwo fung

Jiang Qing jee-ahng ching

Jiang Zemin jee-ahng dzi-mean

Kang Youwei kahng you way

Kangxi emperor kahng she

Lee Tung-hui lee dung hway

Li Dazhao lee dah jao

Li Hongzhang lee hung jahng

Li Hongzhi lee hung jer

Li Peng lee pung

Liang Qichao lee-ahng cheechow

Lin Biao lin bee-ow

Lin Yutang lin you tahng

Liu Shaoqi lee-o shaow chee

Lu Xun lu shwun

Mao Zedong mao dzi dung

Peng Dehuai pung duh why

Peng Zhen pungjun

Qianlong emperor chee-en lung

Qu Qiubai chew chee-oh by

Song Jiaoren soong jee-ow ren

Soong Meiling soong may ling

Sun Yat-sen suhn yat sen

Wang Dan wahng dahn

Wang Guangmei wahng gwahng may

Wang Jingwei wahng jeeng way

Wen Jiabao one jee-ah bao

Wei Jingsheng way jeeng shung

Wu Peifu woo pay foo

Wu'er Kaixi woo-er kai she

Xianfeng emperor she-en fung

Ye Jianying yeh jee-en yeeng

Yuan Shikai yu-en sher kai

Zeng Guofan dzung guo-fahn

Zhang Xueliang jahng shweh leeahng

Zhang Zhidong jahng jer dung

Zhang Zuolin jahng dzwo lin

Zhao Ziyang jao dzi yahng

Zhou Enlai jo en lai

Zhu De joo duh

Zhu Rongji joo rong jee

Places

Pinyin Phonetic

Anhui ahn hway

Beijing bay jing

Changsha chahng sha

Chengdu chung doo

Chongqing chong ching

Dagu dah goo

Dalian dah lee-en

Dongbei dong bay

Eyuwan uh you wahn

Fujian foo jee-en

Gansu gahn su

Guangdong gwahng dung

Guangxi gwahng she

Guangzhou gwahngjo

Guizhou gway jo

Hainan high nahn

Hangzhou hahngjo

Hebei huh bay

Heilongjiang hay lowng jeeahng

Henan huh nahn

Hubei who bay

Hunan who nahn

Jiangsu jeeahng su

Jiangxi jeeahng she

Jilin jee lin

Kaohsiung gao she-ung

Keelung jee lung

Kunming kwun meeng

Liaodong lee-ow dung

Liaoning lee-ow neeng

Loyang lwo yahng

Nanjing nahn jing

Ningbo neeng bwo

Peiping bay ping

Qingdao ching dao

Shaanxi shen she

Shandong shahn dung

Shanhaiguan shahn high gwahn

Shanxi shahn she

Shaoxing shao shing

Shenyang shun yahng

Shenzhen shunjun

Sichuan si chew-ahn

Subei soobay

Tianjin tee-en jeen

Wuchang woo chahng

Wuhan woo hahn

Xi'an she ahn

Xiang-exi shee-ahng uh she

Xikang she kahng

Xinjiang sheen jee-ahng

Xunwu shwun woo

Xuzhou shoojo

Yan'an yen ahn

Yunnan yuwn nahn

Zhejiang juh jeeahng

Zhili jer lee

Zhongnanhai jong nahn high