Second Tone Spelling
RULES:
Syllables beginning with m, n, r, l are spelled in basic forms.
For single finals
except
i
,
u
,
iu
, add
r
after the vowel or vowels.
EXCEPTION:
If
i
or
u
is the only vowel, add
y
or
w
.
If
i
or
u
is followed by other vowel,
i
or
u
is changed to
y
,
w
.
iu
changes to
yu
.
In
or
ing
changes to
yn
or
yng
.
EXAMPLE:
First Tone: fa ma chi chiau hu hua iu iuan
Second Tone:
far ma chyi chyau hwu hwa yu yuan
Now spell the second tones for the following syllables:
fo
de
el
pang
pen
i
u
di
ji
tu
su
jia
shie
hua
chuan
iou
ian
uan
kuei
nan
liou
yn