Pinyin chart
Pinyin starting with P
Syllables beginning with P, each with four tones and an example character.
17 syllables
First toneSecond toneThird toneFourth tone
← All initialsAudio plays an example character, not the isolated syllable, so the tone sounds natural.
Pinyin chart
Pinyin is the romanization of Mandarin. A syllable has an initial, a final and a tone. The same syllable in a different tone is a different word — so learn the tone together with the character.