Tongyong Pinyin - Comparison Between Hanyu Pinyin and Tongyong Pinyin

Comparison Between Hanyu Pinyin and Tongyong Pinyin

The differences between Hanyu and Tongyong pinyin are relatively straightforward:

• The palatalized consonants are written j, c, s rather than j, q, x
• The retroflex consonants are jh, ch, sh rather than zh, ch, sh
• The "buzzing" vowels are written ih (shih, sih) rather than i
• Yu and yong are written this way even after a consonant (nyu, jyong), rather than as ü, u, or iong
• You and wei are written iou and uei after a consonant (diou, duei), rather than contracted to iu and ui
• Eng is written labialized ong after the labial consonants f, w (fong, wong), though weng/wong contracts to ong after another consonant in both systems
• Wen becomes wun
• First tone is not written, but neutral tone is