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羅馬字母注音說明

Vowels

1. 0,a, as in as in far, father.
2. 0,á, as in„ care, fair, or as e in there.
3. 0,ă, as in„ hat, sat, fathom.
4. 0,e, as in„ they, prey, or as a in name.
5. 0,é, as in„ met, seven, error.
6. 0,ë, as in„ her, or as i in bird.
7. 0,i, as in„ mechine.
8. 0,í, as in„ pin, or as the second in infinite.
9. 0,o, as in„ no, note, report.
10. 0,ó, as in„ for, lord or as a in fall.
11. 0,u, as in„ bull, but oftener as a in omve.
12. 0,ü, as in„ the French l'une, jeune,

Diphthongs in the first tone

1. 0,ai, As in aiole, aye, while.
2. 0,an, As in„ ow in now, howl.
3. 0,eu,
4. 0,iã,
5. 0,ié,
6. 0,io, $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$have the sounds of the component vowels.
7. 0,iu, as ew in pew, chew.
8. 0,oi, has the sound of the component vowels

Tri-phthong in the first tone.

1. 0,ieu, has the sound of the component vowels.

Consonants

1. 0,ch, as in church
2. 0,ch', the aspirate ch, or the same as ch with an additional h, which is always represented by the Greek spiritus asper, or mark of rough breathing.
3. 0,h, As in hand at the begining of words, while at the end it is not fulhy enunciated but marks an