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INTRODUCTION
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Table I

Fifteen Initials Thirty-Three Finals
1 liū 柳 l ㄌ 1 chŭng 春 ung ㄨㄥ 17 siĕu (d) 燒 ieu ㄧㄡ
2 biĕng 邊 b ㄅ 2 huă 花 ua ㄨㄚ 18 ngṳ̀ng 銀 ṳng ㄩㄥ
3 giù 求 g ㄍ 3 ong 香 iong ㄧㄣ 19 gŏng 釭 ong ㄣ
4 ké 氣 k ㄎ 4 chĭu (d) 秋 iu ㄧㄡ 20 cĭ 之 i ㄧ
5 dă̤ 低 d ㄉ 5 sǎng 山 ang ㄤ 21 dĕ̤ng 東 e̤ng ㄦㄥ
6 pŏ̤ 波 p ㄆ 6 kǎi 開 ai ㄞ 22 gău 郊 au ㄠ
7 tǎ 他 t ㄊ 7 gǎ 嘉 a ㄚ 23 guŏ (b) 過 uo ㄨㄛ
8 cĕng 曾 c ㄐ 8 bĭng 賓 ing ㄧㄥ 24 să̤ 西 a̤ ㄝ
9 nĭk 日 n ㄏ 9 huǎng 歡 uang ㄨㄤ 25 gìo (c) 橋 io ㄧㄛ
10 sì 時 s ㄙ 10 gŏ̤ 歌 ò̤ ㄛ 26 giĕ 鷄 ie ㄧㄝ
11 ĕng 鶯 11 sṳ̆ 須 ṳ ㄩ 27 siáng 聲 iang ㄧㄤ
12 mùng 蒙 m 冖 12 buǒi (a) 杯 uoi ㄨㄟ 28 chǒi 催 oi ㄨㄟ
13 ngṳ̄ 語 ng ㄫ 13 gŭ 孤 u ㄨ 29 chĕ̤ 初 e̤ ㄦ
14 chók 出 ch ㄑ 14 dĕng 燈 eng ㄥ 30 tiĕng 天 ieng ㄧㄣ
15 hī 喜 h ㄏ 15 gǔong 光 uong ㄨㄣ 31 kiă 奇 ia ㄧㄚ
16 hŭi 辉 ui ㄨㄟ 32 uǎi 歪 uai ㄨㄞ
33 gĕu 溝 eu ㄟㄡ

Note. Much difficulty is experienced in Romanizing some of the final sounds.

(a) Some would write the 12th final as bui or buc.

(b) Some would write the 23rd as guoa or guoe.

(c) Some would write the 25th as guo, or gioa or gioe.

None of these forms fully represent the required sounds which are accurately learned only by imitating the teacher.

(d) The 4th and 17th finals are often confused even by teachers. The 12th and 16th are also difficult to distinguish in some instances.

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