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THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 25 TABLE OF SOUNDS. Wade Approximate sound in Eng- Wade Approximate sound in Eng- system. lish spelling. system. lish spelling. A are Ch'ien ch'eeyen Ai aye, as in kite Chih chih. No combination An arn, as in yarn of letters will exactly Ang arng produce this sound. Ao ow, as in how The nearest approach Cha char, as in charge to it will be found in Ch'a ch'ar hi, of the word chi- Chai chy, as in shy valry Ch'ai ch'y Ch'ih ch'ih Chan charn Chin chin, as in English Ch'an ch'arn Ch'in ch'in Chang charng Ching ching, as in sing Ch'ang ch'arng Ch'ing ch'ing Chao chow, as in how Chiu cheeoo Ch'ao ch'ow Ch'iu ch'eeoo Che cher, as in church Chiung cheeoong Ch'e ch'er Ch'iung ch'eeoong Chen chunn, as in run Cho chore Ch'en ch'unn Ch'o ch'ore Cheng chung, as in bung Chou chowe, as in owe Ch'eng ch'ung Ch'ou ch'owe Chi chee, as in cheese Chu chew, as in English Ch'i ch'ee Ch'u ch'ew Chia cheear, as in c(hurc)h- Chua chwarr ; arr, as in tar yar(d) Ch'ua ch'warr Ch'ia ch'eear Chuai eh why ; why, as in Eng- Chiang cheearng lish Ch'iang ch'eearng Ch'uai ch'why Chiao cheeyow ; ow, as in how Chuan chwarn ; arn, as in yarn. Ch'iao ch'eeyow Ch'uan ch'warn Chieh cheeay ; ay, as in hay Chuang chwong Ch'ieh ch'eeay Ch'uang ch'wong Chien cheeyen; yen, as in hen Chui choey; oey, as in Joey
