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Mira Missingtexture's Mangled Mandarin Transcription System	2025-06-24

Initials

Pinyin	Missingtexture	IPA
b	p	p
p	ph	pʰ
m	m	m
f	f	f
d	t	t
t	th	tʰ
n	n	n
l	l	l
g	k	k
k	kh	kʰ
h	x	x
j	tj	tɕ
q	tjh	tɕʰ
x	j	ɕ
zh	tz	ʈʂ
ch	tzh	ʈʂʰ
sh	z	ʂ
r	r	ɻ~ʐ
z	c	ts
c	ch	tsʰ
s	s	s
y	y	j
w	w	w
yu	yu	ɥ

Finals

Pinyin	Pinyin	Mira	Mira (revised)	IPA	Notes
(N/A)	-i	-r		ɹ̩~z̩, ɻ̩~ʐ̩	after z, c, s, zh, ch, sh, r
a	a	a		a
e	e	e		ɤ/ə
ai	ai	ai		ai̯
ei	ei	ei		ei̯
ao	ao	ao		au̯
ou	ou	ou		ou̯
an	an	an		an
en	en	en		ən
ang	ang	aq	ang	aŋ
eng	eng	eq	eng	əŋ
(weng)	ong	uq	ung	ʊŋ~o̞ʊŋ
er	er	er		aɚ̯~əɹ
yi	i	i		i
ya	ia	ia		ja
ye	ie	ie		je
yao	iao	iao		jau̯
you	iu	iou		jou̯
yan	ian	ien		jɛn
yin	in	in		in
yang	iang	iaq	iang	jaŋ
ying	ing	iq	ing	iŋ
yong	iong	ioq	iong	jʊŋ
wu	u	u		u
wa	ua	ua		wa
wo	uo/o	uo		wo
wai	uai	uai		wai̯
wei	ui	uei		wei̯
wan	uan	uan		wan
wen	un	uen		wən
wang	uang	uaq	uang	waŋ
weng	(ong)	ueq	ueng	wəŋ
yu	ü	v	ü	y
yue	üe	ve	üe	ɥe
yuan	üan	ven	üan	ɥɛn
yun	ün	vn	ün	yn
ê	ê	eh		ɛ
o	o	oh		ɔ
yo	io	yoh		jɔ

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Examples

Chinese	Pinyin	Missingtexture	Missingtexture (Revised)
北京	Běijīng	pěitjīq	pěitjīng
广州	Guǎngzhōu	kuǎqtzōu	kuǎngtzōu
西安	Xī'ān	jī'ān	jī'ān
青島	Qīngdǎo	tjhīqtǎo	tjhīngtǎo
奇迹	Qíjì	tjhíjì	tjhíjì
天津	Tiānjīn	thiāqtjīn	thiāngtjīn
四川	Sìchuān	sìtzhuān	sìtzhuān
南京	Nánjīng	nántjīq	nántjīng
旋律	xuánlǜ	juánlv	juánlǜ