Chinese sound correspondences

Onsets

• 1 = Ping tone
• 2 = Shang tone
• 3 = Qu tone
• 4 = Ru tone
• 1a = Yin Ping tone
• 1b = Yang Ping tone, etc.

This chart will use "1" on top of Baxter's notation to show that a certain condition applies only to the Ping tone (e.g. "zi1" means "zi but not ziX and ziH").

Onset	Middle Chinese			Mandarin Beijing	Yue Canton	Minnan Taiwan	Hakka Moiyen	Japanese		Korean
	Karlgren	Baxter	IPA					Go-On	Kan-On
幫	p	p	[p]	b [p] but p [pʰ] (迫) and m [m] (秘)	b [p] but p [pʰ] (編遍) and m [m] (剝)			h [h]	h [h]	ㅂ [p] ㅍ [pʰ] /_[a,je,jo,il] etc.
滂	p'	ph	[pʰ]	p [pʰ]	p [pʰ] but b [p] (品)			h [h]	h [h]	ㅍ [pʰ] ㅂ [p] /_ak etc.
並	b'	b	[b]	p [pʰ] /_1 b [p] /_234	p [pʰ] /_1,COL2 b [p] /_34,LIT2			b [b]	h [h]	ㅂ [p] ㅍ [pʰ] /_[a,je,jo,il] etc.
明	m	m	[m]	m [m]	m [m]			m [m]	b [b]	ㅁ [m]
非*	p	p	[f]	f [f]	f [f]			h [h]	h [h]	ㅂ [p] ㅍ [pʰ] /_[a,je,jo,il] etc.
敷*	p'	ph	[fʰ]	f [f]	f [f]			h [h]	h [h]	ㅍ [pʰ] ㅂ [p] /_ak etc.
奉*	b'	b	[v]	f [f]	f [f]			b [b]	h [h]	ㅂ [p] ㅍ [pʰ] /_[a,je,jo,il] etc.
微*	m	m	[ɱ]	w [w]	m [m]			m [m]	b [b]	ㅁ [m]
端	t	t	[t]	d [t] but n [n] (鳥)	d [t] but t [tʰ] (淡) and n [n] (鳥)			t [t]	t [t]	ㄷ [t]
透	t'	th	[tʰ]	t [tʰ]	t [tʰ]			t [t]	t [t]	ㅌ [tʰ]
定	d'	d	[d]	t [tʰ] /_1 but d [t] (鼕) d [t] /_234 but t [tʰ] (挺艇特突)	t [tʰ] /_1,COL2 but d [t] (鼕) d [t] /_34,LIT2			d [d]	t [t]	ㄷ [t]
泥	n	n	[n]	n [n]	n [n]			n [n]	d [d]	ㄴ [n]
來	l	l	[l]	l [l]	l [l]			r [ɺ]	r [ɺ]	ㄹ [ɾ]
知	t̂	tr	[ʈ]	zh [tʂ]	z [ts] but d [t] (涿啄琢)			t [t]	t [t]	ㄷ [t]
徹	t̂'	trh	[ʈʰ]	ch [tʂʰ]	c [tsʰ]			t [t]	t [t]	ㅌ [tʰ]
澄	d̂'	dr	[ɖʰ]	ch [tʂʰ] /_1 zh [tʂ] /_234 but z [ts] (擇澤) and d [t] (瞪)	c [tsʰ] /_1,COL2 z [ts] /_34,LIT2			d [d]	t [t]	ㄷ [t]
娘	n	nr	[ɳ]	n [n]	n [n]			n [n]	d [d]	ㄴ [n]
精	ts	ts	[ts]	z [ts]	z [ts]			s [s]	s [s]	ㅈ [tɕ]
清	ts'	tsh	[tsʰ]	c [tsʰ]	c [tsʰ]			s [s]	s [s]	ㅊ [tɕʰ]
從	dz'	dz	[dz]	c [tsʰ] /_1 z [ts] /_234	c [tsʰ] /_1,COL2 z [ts] /_34,LIT2			z [z]	s [s]
心	s	s	[s]	s [s] but c [tsʰ] (賜)	s [s] but c [tsʰ] (賽塞速賜肖)			s [s]	s [s]	ㅅ [s]
邪	z	z	[z]	s [s] but c [tsʰ] in MC zi1 (詞祠辭) and MC zjuw1 (囚)	c [tsʰ] /_1,COL2 z [ts] /_34,LIT2 but s [s] (旋羨遂隧殉緒)			z [z]	s [s]	ㅅ [s]
照莊	tṣ	tsr	[tʂ]	zh [tʂ] but z [ts] (阻俎詛鄒責)	z [ts]			s [s]	s [s]	ㅈ [tɕ]
穿初	tṣ'	tsrh	[tʂʰ]	ch [tʂʰ] but c [tsʰ] (策冊測惻廁篡)	c [tsʰ]			s [s]	s [s]	ㅊ [tɕʰ]
床崇	dẓ'	dzr	[dʐʰ]	ch [tʂʰ] /_1 but c [ts] (岑) zh [tʂ] /_234 but sh [ʂ] (士事柿)	c [tsʰ] /_1,COL2 but s [s] (潺愁崇) z [ts] /_34,LIT2 but s [s] (士事)			z [z]	s [s]
審生	ṣ	sr	[ʂ]	sh [ʂ] but ch [tʂʰ] (產) and s [s] (灑澀縮瑟色嗇森)	s [s] but c [tsʰ] (產刷杉)			s [s]	s [s]	ㅅ [s]
禪俟	ź	zr	[ʐ]	s [s]	z [ts]			z [z]	s [s]	ㅅ [s]
照章	tś	tsy	[tɕ]	zh [tʂ] but ch [tʂʰ] (捶)	z [ts] but c [tsʰ] (捶診疹)			s [s]	s [s]	ㅈ [tɕ]
穿昌	tś'	tsyh	[tɕʰ]	ch [tʂʰ] but sh [ʂ] (樞瀋)	c [tsʰ] but s [s] (樞瀋)			s [s]	s [s]	ㅊ [tɕʰ]
床船	dź'	zy	[ʑ]	sh [ʂ] /_234 _1: ch [tʂʰ] (船乘唇) sh [ʂ] (神繩蛇)	s [s]			z [z]	s [s]
審書	ś	sy	[ɕ]	sh [ʂ] but ch [tʂʰ] (弛翅)	s [s] but c [tsʰ] (始弛矢設束翅奢)			s [s]	s [s]	ㅅ [s]
禪常	ź	dzy	[dʑ]	sh [ʂ] /_234 _1: ch [tʂʰ] (most) sh [ʂ] (時匙誰韶殊裳)	s [s]			z [z]	s [s]	ㅅ [s]
日	ńź	ny	[ȵ]	r [ɻ] er [aɚ]: MC nye (兒爾邇) MC nyij (二貳) MC nyi (而耳餌)	j [j]			n [n]	z [z]
見	k	k	[k]	g [k] but k [kʰ] (扛礦)	g [k] but k [kʰ] (概溉丐給汲冀規拘 溝箍厥羯竭訣決抉 礦劊)			k [k]	k [k]	ㄱ [k]
溪	k'	kh	[kʰ]	k [kʰ] but h [x] (隙恢詼墟溪)	h [h] or k [kʰ] (random?)			k [k]	k [k]	ㄱ [k]
群	g'	g	[g]	k [kʰ] /_1 g [k] /_234 but k [kʰ] (匱)	k [kʰ] /_1,COL2 g [k] /_34,LIT2 but k [kʰ] (匱)			g [ɡ]	k [k]	ㄱ [k]
疑	ng	ng	[ŋ]	∅ but n [n] (擬孽逆虐凝牛倪霓) and g [k] (疙圪) and r [ɻ] (阮)	ng [ŋ]			g [ɡ]	g [ɡ]	ㅇ [∅]
影	'	'	[ʔ]	∅	∅			∅	∅	ㅇ [∅]
曉	x	x	[h]					k [k]	k [k]	ㅎ [h]
匣	ɣ	h	[ɦ]					g [ɡ] w [w]	k [k]	ㅎ [h]
喻云	j	hj	[ɦj]	∅	∅				∅	ㅇ [∅]
喻以	∅	y	[j]	∅	∅				∅	ㅇ [∅]

* — The onsets 非敷奉微 split from 幫滂並明 sometime between Early and Late Middle Chinese, and this split is reflected in most Chinese varieties as an opposition between labiodentals and bilabials. The conditions for the split are

1. All third-deng (等) and hekou (合口) rimes
2. The third-deng (等) and kaikou (開口) rimes of 東, 鍾, 尤

Notes on omitted recent changes, ongoing changes, and allophony

Note for all:

• For the sake of consistency, the onsets 疑, 影, 匣, 云, 以 are treated as having a zero onset ∅ descendant (whenever applicable), while any glide onsets that do appear ([j], [w], etc.) are shown as the descendant of the MC rime in the rime correspondence tables.

Note for Mandarin — Beijing:

• The following recent sound changes apply but are omitted to reduce clutter:
  • z c s [ts tsʰ s] > j q x [tɕ tɕʰ ɕ] / _[i,j,y,ɥ]
  • g k h [k kʰ x] > j q x [tɕ tɕʰ ɕ] / _[i,j,y,ɥ]

Note for Yue — Canton (Cantonese):

• [kʷ] and [kʰʷ] behave as single phonemes in Cantonese phonology; this chart however treats them as /k + w/ and /kʰ + w/ to maintain consistency with Middle Chinese and with other Chinese varieties and to reduce clutter.
• Up until the early 20th century, Cantonese had alveolo-palatal sibilants [tɕ tɕʰ ɕ] corresponding to Middle Chinese retroflex and palatal onsets, but these have since merged into the plain alveolar sibilants /ts tsʰ s/.
• /ts tsʰ s/ may be pronounced palatalized, especially before the front high vowels.
• /n/ is currently merging into /l/, as is /ŋ/ into the null initial.

Note for Japanese:

• The following recent sound changes apply but are omitted to reduce clutter:
  • t d s z n h [t d s z n h] > ch j sh j n h [tɕ ʑ ɕ ʑ ɲ ç] / _[i,j]
  • t d h [t d h] > ts z f [ts z ɸ] / _[u]
  • w [w] > 0 /_[i,e,o]
• /g/ may be pronounced [ŋ] intervocalically.

Note for Korean:

• The following recent sound changes apply but are omitted to reduce clutter:
  • ㄷ ㅌ [t tʰ] > ㅈ ㅊ [tɕ tɕʰ] / _[i,j]
  • ㄹ [ɾ] > ㄴ [n] / #_
  • ㄴ [n] > ㅇ Ø / _[i,j]

Rimes

• P = MC labial (幫滂並明)
• T = MC dental stop (端透定泥)
• TR = MC retroflex stop (知徹澄娘)
• S = MC dental sibilant (精清從心邪)
• SR = MC retroflex sibilant (莊出崇生)
• SY = MC palatal sibilant (章昌船書禪)
• TSR = TR,SR
• TSRY = TR,SR,SY
• K = MC velar/laryngeal (見溪群疑曉匣影云以)

通攝 Tong She

Rime	Middle Chinese		Mandarin Beijing	Yue Canton	Minnan Taiwan	Hakka Moiyen	Japanese		Korean
	Karlgren	Baxter					Go-On	Kan-On
東一開	ung	uwng	ong [ʊŋ] weng [wɤŋ] /ʔ_ eng [ɤŋ] /P_	ung [ʊŋ] but jung [jʊŋ] (翁)			u [u] some uu [uː]	ou [oː]
冬一開	uong	owng	ong [ʊŋ] (does not occur /P_)	ung [ʊŋ]			o [o] some ou [oː]	ou [oː]
東三開	i̯ung	juwng	ong [ʊŋ] iong [yʊŋ] /g_ rong [ɻʊŋ] /y_1 (融) eng [ɤŋ] /P_	ung [ʊŋ] jung [jʊŋ] /y_			yuu [juː], yu [ju] (incl. y_ ) u [u], uu [uː]/K,l,P_	yuu [juː] ou [oː]/P_
鍾三開	i̯wong	jowng	ong [ʊŋ] iong [yʊŋ] /x,ʔ,y_ rong [ɻʊŋ] /y_1 (容) eng [ɤŋ] /P_	ung [ʊŋ] jung [jʊŋ] /ʔ,y_			yuu [juː], yu [ju] (incl. ʔ,y_ ) u [u], uu [uː]/K,P_	you [joː] ou [oː]/P_
東一開	uk	uwk	u [u]	uk [ʊk]			oku [oku]	oku [oku]
冬一開	uok	owk	u [u]	uk [ʊk]			oku [oku]	oku [oku]
東三開	i̯uk	juwk	mostly u [u] and ü [y] /K_ but: ou [ou] (軸粥熟肉) iu [jou] (宿六) uo [uo] (縮)	uk [ʊk]			iku [iku] /K_,TR_,ny_ uku [uku] /S_,SY_,P_ oku [oku] /l_,m_	iku [iku] /K_,TR_,ny_,l_ yuku [juku] /S_,SY_ uku [uku] /P_ oku [oku] /m_
鍾三開	i̯wok	jowk	mostly u [u] and ü [y] /K_ but: ü [y] (續綠)	uk [ʊk] juk [jʊk] /ŋ_			oku [oku] yoku [yoku] /y_	yoku [joku]

江攝 Jiang She

Rime	Middle Chinese		Mandarin Beijing	Yue Canton	Minnan Taiwan	Hakka Moiyen	Japanese		Korean
	Karlgren	Baxter					Go-On	Kan-On
江二開	ång	æwng	iang [jɑŋ] / K_ but: ang [ɑŋ] (扛缸港) uang [wɑŋ] /TSR_ ang [ɑŋ] /P_	ong [ɔːŋ] /K_,P_ oeng [œːŋ] /TSR_			ou [oː]	au [oː]
江二開	åk	æwk	LIT üe [yɛ] / K_ (not ʔ_) but e [ɤ] (殼) (u)o [uo] / else but u [u] (朴) COL iao [jau] / K_ (角殼) ao [au] (剝雹)	ok [ɔːk] /K_,P_ ak [ɐk] /ʔ_ for /TR_: oek [œːk] (涿啄琢卓桌) or ok [ɔːk] (擢濯) or uk [ʊk] (濁鐲) for /SR_: ok [ɔːk] (朔欶) or uk [ʊk] (捉)			oku [oku] /P_ aku [aku]	aku [aku]

止攝 Zhi She

Rime	Middle Chinese		Mandarin Beijing	Yue Canton	Minnan Taiwan	Hakka Moiyen	Japanese		Korean
	Karlgren	Baxter					Go-On	Kan-On
支三開	ie̯	j(i)e	i [ɿ,ʅ] /S,TSRY_ but i [i] (徙璽) er [ɑɚ] /ny_ i [i] else but ei [ei] (碑卑被)	i [i] /S,TSRY_ but aai [aːi] (徙璽) i [i] /ŋ,ʔ,hj,y_ but ai [ɐi] (蟻) ei [ei] /K,l,P_			i [i]	i [i]
脂三開	i	(j)ij	i [ɿ,ʅ] /S,TSRY_ er [ɑɚ] /ny_ i [i] else but ei [ei] (悲美備眉湄媚魅)	i [i] /S,TSRY_ but ei [ei] (死四) i [i] /ŋ,ʔ,hj,y_ ei [ei] /K,nr,l,d,P_			i [i]	i [i]
之三開	i	i	i [ɿ,ʅ] /S,TSRY_ but e [ɤ] (廁) er [ɑɚ] /ny_ i [i] else	i [i] /S,TSRY_ i [i] /ŋ,ʔ,hj,y_ ei [ei] /K,nr,l,P_ but eoi [ɵy] (裏)			mostly o [o] /K_ but i [i] /ʔ,hj,y_ i [i] /else	i [i]
微三開	e̯i	jɨj	i [i] (none /S,TSRY_)	i [i] /ŋ,ʔ,hj,y_ ei [ei] /K_ (none /S,TSRY,P_)			e [e]	i [i]
支三合	wie̯	jw(i)e	uai [uai] /SR_ ei [ei] /l_ ui [uei] /else (no /P_)	wai [wɐi] /K_ ai [ɐi] /ŋ_ eoi [ɵy] /else (no /P_)			wi [i] /K_ ui [ui] /else	wi [i] /K_ ui [ui] /else
脂三合	wi	(j)wij	uai [uai] /SR_ ei [ei] /l_ ui [uei] /else but i [i] (遺季悸) (no /P_)	wai [wɐi] /K_ (no /ŋ_) eoi [ɵy] /else (no /P_)			wi [i] /K_ ui [ui] /else incl. y_	wi [i] /K_ incl. y_ ui [ui] /else
微三合	we̯i	jwɨj	ui [uei] ei [ei] /P_ (no SR_, l_)	wai [wɐi] /K_ ai [ɐi] /ŋ_ ei [ei] /P_ but ai [ɐi] (沸費)			i [i] /P_ wi [i] /ʔ,hj_ we [e] /K_	i [i] /P_ wi [i] /K_

遇攝 Yu She

Rime	Middle Chinese		Mandarin Beijing	Yue Canton	Minnan Taiwan	Hakka Moiyen	Japanese		Korean
	Karlgren	Baxter					Go-On	Kan-On
魚三開	i̯wo	jo	u [u] /TSRY_ ü [y] /else but u [u] (廬蘆) and uo [uo] (所)	yu [y] /ŋ,ʔ,y,TR,SY_ but eoi [ɵy] (除) o [ɔ] /SR_ eoi [ɵy] /K,S,nr,l_
虞三合	i̯u	ju
模一開	uo	u

Tones

• P = MC unvoiced obstruent onset
• M = MC sonorant onset
• B = MC voiced obstruent onset

Tone		Middle Chinese		Mandarin Beijing	Yue Canton	Minnan Taiwan	Hakka Moiyen	Wu Suzhou	Japanese (?)		Korean
		Karlgren	Baxter						Go-On	Kan-On
平 Ping	P	∅	∅	55	55
	M			35	21
	B
上 Shang	P	:	X	214	35
	M				23
	B			51	23 or 22
去 Qu	P	-	H		33
	M				22
	B
入 Ru	P	∅ (-p,t,k)	∅ (-p,t,k)	Random	55 (short) 33 (long)
	M			51	22
	B			35

Resources

Middle Chinese

• Introduction to historical Chinese phonology (PDF)
• Middle Chinese pronunciation dictionary
• Middle Chinese lookup tool
• Comparative Chart of Middle Chinese Initials
• Comparative Chart of Middle Chinese Finals
• Baxter's Middle Chinese spelling
• Middle Chinese rime characters (Ignores Chongniu)

Modern Chinese

• Putonghua lookup
• Guoyu lookup
• Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka lookup
• Cantonese lookup
• Taiwanese lookup

Sino-Xenic

• Japanese Wiktionary (Kan-on, Go-on lookup)
• Hanja lookup
• Sino-Vietnamese lookup

Other correspondence lists

• Sino-Japanese
• Sino-Korean