History
In1886,agroupofEnglishandFrenchlanguageteachersledbyFrenchlinguistPaulPassyformedasocietytocreateasetofThephonetictranscriptionsystemforwritingandrecordinghumanlanguagesisthepredecessoroftheInternationalPhoneticSocietyafter1897.
Thephoneticalphabettheyoriginallyusedwasbasedonaspellingreform,thatis,theRomicalphabet.Inordertomakeitusableinotherlanguages,thephoneticvaluerepresentedbythesymbolisallowedtovarywiththelanguage.Thechangewillchange.Forexample,[ʃ]wasoriginallyexpressedas⟨sh⟩inEnglish,but⟨ch⟩inFrench.
Butin1888,thesephoneticletterswererevisedintosymbolsthatwereuniformineachlanguage,andtheywerepublishedon"PhoneticTeachers"(thepredecessorof"InternationalPhoneticAssociation"-"PhoneticTeachers"ThisisthefirstIPAlistinhistory,andithasalsobecomethebasisforallfuturerevisions.TheideaofformulatingtheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetwasoriginallyproposedbyOttoJesperseninalettertoPaulPass.ItwaslaterimplementedbyAlexanderJohnEllis,HenrySweet,DanielJonesandPassy.
ThisinternationalphoneticalphabetwascreatedbyscholarsinBritainandFrance.ItismainlysuitableformarkingIndo-Europeanlanguages,Africanlanguagesandsomeminoritylanguages.Afteritwaspublished,itbecamemorepopularinEuropeanlinguisticscircles.MostAmericansstillusetheirownresearchonAmericanIndiansymbols.TherearesomesoundsinthedialectsofChinese,whichcannotbeincludedinthistable.Thereareonly8tonalsymbolsspecifiedintheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,whichisnotenoughforthestudyoftonallanguages.ChineselinguistZhaoYuanrenproposedtheLatinalphabetoftones,whichwaspublishedin"TeacherofPhonetics"in1930.Itisapplicabletoalltonallanguagesandhasbeenadoptedbymostscholarsintheworld.
Sinceitsformulation,theInternationalPhoneticAlphabethasundergonemanyrevisions.Aftermajorrevisionsandexpansionsin1900and1932,theIPAremainedunchangeduntiltheInternationalPhoneticAssociationKielConventionin1989.
Anotherminorrevisionwasmadein1993,addinghalf-opencentralunroundedvowelsanddeletingspecialsymbolsforunvoicedinnerbrokensounds.ArevisioninMay2005addedalip-toothflickerthatisverycommoninAfricanlanguages.Exceptfortheincreaseanddecreaseofsymbols,theInternationalPhoneticAlphabetismostlyconsistentinothersymbols,classificationsandfonts.
Afterseveralrevisions,theversionrevisedin2020isnowprevailing.
Description
ItisbasedontheLatinalphabet,butduetothelargedifferencesinhumanphonetics,thelimitedLatinalphabetisfarfromenough,sothemethodofchangingthefontandborrowingthelettersofotherlanguagesToadd.Intermsofpronunciation,inordertotakecareofthehabit,mostsymbolsarebasedontheprincipleofstillreadingtheoriginalsoundsofLatinorotherlanguages.
Therefore,intheformoftheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,thelowercaseprintoftheLatinalphabet(Romanalphabet)ismainlyused,forexample:[a,b,c,d,f,g,h,i,j,k,P]etc.Whenitisnotenough,thefollowingmethodsareusedtosupplement:
(1)Latincapitalprintingorwriting(cursive),forexample:smallcapitalprinting[ɴ,ʀ,ɢ,ʙ,ʜ]Etc.,[ɑ](handwrittena),[ʋ](cursivev);
(2)TransformationorinversionofLatinletters,forexample:[ə](invertede,anothersayyesCyrillicandnon-SlaviclettersSchwa),deformed[ɕ](curltailc),[ɖ](rightcurvedtaild),[ŋ](longrightlegn),[ʃ](extendeds),etc.
(3)Borrowotherlanguageletters,forexample:[ε](Greek),[θ](Greek),[ɫ](Polish),[ø](Danish),[ç](Catalan)andsoon.
(4)Newletters,forexample:[ɤ]etc.
(5)Addsymbolstotheletters,forexample:[ʉ](plusahorizontalu)andsoon.
TheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetwascreatedbyscholarsinBritainandFrance.ItismainlyusedtoindicatetheIndo-Europeanlanguages,Africanlanguagesandsomeminoritylanguages.Afteritwaspublished,itbecamemorepopularinEuropeanlinguistics.MostAmericansstillusetheirownresearchonAmericanIndiansymbols.
SomesoundsinChinesedialectscannotbeincludedinthistable.Forexample,theapexvowelsinMandarinwererevisedbySwedishSinologistGaoBenhan;mostofthepalatalizedconsonantsinWudialectwereproposedbyphoneticologistZhaoYuanren.
Thereareonly8tonalsymbolsspecifiedintheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,whichisnotenoughforthestudyoftonallanguages.ZhaoYuanrenproposedtheLatinalphabetoftones,whichwaspublishedin"TeacherofPhonetics"in1930.Itwascalled"tonealphabet".Itisapplicabletoalltonallanguagesandhasbeenadoptedbymostscholarsintheworld.
IntheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet,squarebrackets[]ordoubleslashes//areusedtoindicate(seebelowfordetails)todistinguishthemfromordinaryletters.
Inaddition,fortheconvenienceofrecording,theInternationalPhoneticSocietyhasalsostipulatedasetof"diacritics(additionalsymbols)"forsomeimportantphonologicalaccompanyingphenomena.Forexample:"~"abovetheletterisnasalization(ẽ),forcedaspiration(smallhintheupperrightcorner),p'(weakaspiration),aː(fulllengtha),aˑ(halflength)a)Wait.Genericsymbolsandspecialsymbolsarenolongergivenexamples.
Note:DuetothefontlimitationofBaiduBaike,pleaserefertotheIPAofficialwebsiteorrelatedbooksforthespecificcharacterlist.Pleaserefertothewebsiteforallinternationalphoneticsymbols.
Advantages
TheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetstrictlystipulatestheprincipleof"onenote,onenote,onenote,onenote",thatis,"onephoneme,onesymbol,andonephoneme,onesymbol."
Inlanguagesusingpinyinschemes,thereareoftenseveralpronunciationsofthesameletterindifferentwords.Forexample:the"i"inEnglishlikeandlitaremarkedwithinternationalphoneticaccents,whichare[ai]and[ı]respectively.Anotherexample:theaofban(班)andbang(邦)inMandarinPinyinare[a]and[ɑ]intheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet(fordetails,pleaserefertothe"HanyuPinyinLettersandInternationalPhoneticAlphabetComparisonTable""Entry).
Inaddition,indifferentlanguages,thesamesoundhasdifferentspellings.Forexample:Englishsh,Frenchch,Germansch,Polishsz,andCzechsareactuallythe[ʃ]soundoftheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet.
ThesearethestrengthsoftheInternationalPhoneticSymbols,thatis,itcanrecordanddistinguishvoicesmorescientificallyandaccurately.Thevoiceisroughlyenough).ThearrangementoftheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetiseasytoanalyzeandmaster(consonantsareroughlydeterminedaccordingtothepronunciationpositionandpronunciationmethod,andthevowelsaredeterminedaccordingtotheheightofthetongue).
Transcriptionmethod
Themethodofusingphoneticsymbolstomarkspeechiscalledtranscriptionmethod.Generallydividedintotwotypes:stricttranscriptionandbroadtranscription.
Stricttranscription
Torecordavoice,theinitialmethodshouldbestricttranscription.Theso-calledstricttranscriptionmeansthatwhatphonemeappearsisrecordedasthephoneme,andifthereisanaccompanyingphenomenon,itisrecordedastheaccompanyingphenomenon.Nomatterwhatphonemeandanyaccompanyingphenomenaarenotletgo,thatis,themostfaithfulandmeticulousrecordingoftheoriginalappearanceofthevoice.Therefore,stricttranscriptionisalsocalled"phonemetranscription".Forexample:InmodernChinese,thelowerlingualvowelscanbesummarizedasaphoneme/a/.Ifstricttranscriptionisused,theymustbemarkedas[ε],[ᴀ],[a],[ɑ],[œ],[æ],etc.Itscharacteristicisthateveryphonemethatactuallyexistsinalanguageordialect(regardlessofwhethertheybelongtothesamephonemeornot)ismarkedwithaspecificphoneticsymbol.Therefore,strictphonetictranscriptionusesmanyphoneticsymbols,andthedescriptionofthephoneticdescriptionisverydetailed.Mostofthemareusedwheninvestigatingfirst-handmaterials,andonlyoccasionallyinotheroccasions.Strictphoneticsymbolsarerepresentedbysquarebrackets[].
Broad-styletranscription
Theso-calledwide-styletranscriptionistoorganizeaphoneticsystemofspeechonthebasisofstricttranscription,andthenmarkthespeechbyphoneme.Thatis,onlyphonemesarerecorded,notphonemevariantsandothernon-essentialaccompanyingphenomena.Therefore,thewide-styletranscriptionisalsocalled"phonemetranscription".Forexample:InmodernChinese,thereare[ε],[ᴀ],[a],[ɑ]andmanyotherlinguallowvowels,andonly/a/isenoughtousewide-styletranscription.Withwide-styletranscription,thenumberofphoneticsymbolscanbelimitedtoalimitedrange,sothatthephoneticsystemofalanguageordialectcanbereflectedconciselyandclearly.Broadphoneticsymbolsarerepresentedbydoubleslashes//.
PhoneticAlphabetFont
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet(2sheets)
FontmadebySILInternational:
(1)DoulosSILinternationalphoneticalphabetfont
(2)CharisSILfont
OneVerycompleteinternationalfonts,includingLatin,GreekandCyrillicletters,looklikeRomanfonts(Roman,inWindowssystems,itis"TimesNewRoman"-TimesNewRoman),includingnormalfontsanditalicsAndbold.Inadditiontoincludingthecompleteinternationalphoneticsymbols,therearealsotonalsymbolsandthelatestlip-toothphoneticsymbols,aswellasthephoneticsymbolswithpre-combinedadditionalsymbols,andmanynon-standardphoneticsymbols.
Symboltable
Consonants
Mainarticle:Consonants
| Pulmonaryairflowsoundchart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location→ | Lip | TongueCrown | TongueBack | TongueBase | larynx/glottis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ↓Method | Lips | Lipteeth | Teeth | Gum | Post-gingival | Tongueroll | Gingivalpalate | hardpalate | softpalate | uvula | Epiglottis | Pharynx | |||||||||||||
| td>Nasal | m̥ | m | ɱ | n̥ | n | ɳ | ɳ | ɲ̊ | ɲ | ŋ̊ | ŋ | ɴ̥ | ɴ | - | |||||||||||
| Stop(crack) | p | b | p̪ | b̪ | t̪ | d̪ | t | d | ʈ | ɖ | c | ɟ | k | ɡ | q | ɢ | ʡ | - | ʔ | -- | |||||
| Therearesibilants | - | ts | dz | tʃ | dʒ | ʈʂ | ɖʐ | tɕ | dʑ | - | |||||||||||||||
| Nosibilance | pɸ | bβ | p̪f | b̪v | tθ | dð | tθ̠ | dð̠ | t̠ɹ̠̊˔ | d̠ɹ̠̝ | cç | ɟʝ | kx | ɡɣ | qχ | ɢʁ | ʡʜ | ʔh | |||||||
| Therearesibilants | - | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʂ | ʐ | ɕ | ʑ | -- | |||||||||||||||
| Nofricatives | ɸ | β | f | v | θ | ð | θ̱ | ð̠ | ɹ̠̊˔ | ɹ̠̝ | ç | ʝ | x | ɣ | χ | ʁ | ʜ | ʢ | ħ | ʕ | h | ɦ | |||
| Closesound(Norubbingtone) | ʋ̥ | ʋ | ɹ̥ | ɹ | ɻ̊ | ɻ | j | j | ɰ | ɰ | - | ||||||||||||||
| Flashsound(playingsound) | ⱱ̟ | ⱱ | ɾ̥ | ɾ | ɽ̊ | ɽ | - | ɢ̆ | ʡ̮ | - | |||||||||||||||
| - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| frontierfricative | - | tɬ | dɮ | ʈɭ̝̊ | cʎ̥̝ | kʟ̝̊ | ɡʟ̝ | - | |||||||||||||||||
| sidefricative | - | ɬ | ɮ | ɭ̝̊ | ʎ̥̝ | ʎ̝ | ʟ̝̊ | ʟ̝ | - | ||||||||||||||||
| Edgeneartone | - | l̥ | l | ɭ̊ | ɭ | ʎ̥ | ʎ | ʟ̥ | ʟ | ʟ̠ | - | ||||||||||||||
| Sideflashingsound | - | ɺ | ɭ̆ | ʎ̯ | ʟ̆ | - | 
Note:Themark-isanimpossiblepronunciation;theblankspaceisthatthereisnosuchsoundinknownlanguages,andthefollowingsounds,implosion,Thesoundtableismarkedwiththis.
| Non-pulmonaryairflowsoundmap | ||||||||||
| Singlemouth-talking | ʘ | ʘ̬ | ʘ̃ | ǀ | ǀ̬ | ǀ̃ | ǃ | ǃ̬ | ǃ̃ | |
| ǂ | ǂ̬ | ǂ̃ | ǁ | ǁ̬ | ǁ̃ | ǃ˞ | ǃ̬˞ | ǃ̃˞ | ||
| Otherchatteringsounds | ʘ̃ˀ | ʘˀ | ˀʘ̃ | ʘ͡q | ʘ͡qχ | ʘ͡qʼ | ʘ͡qχʼ | ¡ | ʞ | |
| implosion | ɓ | ɗ | ᶑ | p>ʄ | ɠ | ʛ | ||||
| ɓ̥ | ɗ̥ | ᶑ̥ | ʄ | ɠ | ʛ̥ | |||||
| Spraysound | pʼ | tʼ | ʈʼ | cʼ | kʼ | qʼ | ʡʼ | |||
| ɸʼ | fʼ | θʼ | sʼ | ɬʼ | ʃʼ | ʂʼ | ɕʼ | çʼ | xʼ | χʼ | 
| tθʼ | tsʼ | tɬʼ | tʃʼ | ʈʂʼ | tɕʼ | cçʼ | cʎ̝̥ʼ | kxʼ | kʟ̝̊ʼ | qχʼ | 
| Letters | Meaning | 
| ʍ | Clearlip-velarfricative | 
| w | Voicelips-nearsoftpalate | 
| ɥ | Clearlip-hardpalateclosesound | 
| ɥ | Voicelip-hardpalateclosesound | 
| ɫ | turbidSoftpalate-pharyngealnearsound | 
| Letter | Meaning | 
| k͡p | tr>Clearlip-softpalateburstpronunciation | 
| ɡ͡b | Turbidlips-softpalateExplosivepronunciation | 
| ŋ͡m | Voicelips-softpalatalnasalsounds | 
| ɧorʃ͡x | sjsound(iethecombinationofʃandx) | 
| t͡p | Clearlip-gingivalburstpronunciation | 
| d͡b | Turbidlips-gingivalburstpronunciation | 
| n͡m | Voicelips-gingivalnasalsounds | 
| q͡ʡ | Voiceuvula-epiglottispronunciation | 
| ʩorx͡ħ | clearsoftpalate-pharyngealfricative | 
| ʪ | cleargingivalfricative | 
| ʫ | Voicegingivalfricativep> | 
Sufficientscanberepresentedbyaddingatiebarabovetheletter.Amongthem,affricatescanalsobemarkedbyligatures,buttheInternationalPhoneticAssociationhasnolongeradoptedthismethod,becauseifthismethodisused,alargenumberofnewligaturesmustbecreatedtoexpressallaffricates.Inadditiontousingconnectingarcs,sometimesthesuperscriptmethodusedtoindicateconsonanteliminationcanbeusedtoindicateaffricates.Forexample,tˢcanmeant͡s,andkˣcanmeank͡x.Thecandɟ,whichwereoriginallyusedtodenotethehardpalate,cansometimesbeusedasconvenientwritingmethodsfort͡ʃandd͡ʒorothersimilaraffricates.EventheofficialjournalspublishedbytheInternationalPhoneticAssociationhavesuchwritingmethods,sotheyareinterpretedYoumustbeverycautiousaboutthemeaningof.
| Tiebar | ligature | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| t͡s | ʦ | Unvoicedgingivalaffrication | 
| d͡z | ʣ | voicedgingivalaffrication | 
| t͡ʃ | ʧ | Post-clearingaffricates | 
| d͡ʒ | ʤ | Voicepost-gingivalaffrication | 
| t͡ɕ | ʨ | Unvoicedgingivalpalatalplosives | 
| d͡ʑ | ʥ | voicedgingivalpalatalfricative | 
| t͡ɬ | – | Cleargingivalfricative | 
| k͡p | – | Clearlipsandsoftpalatepronunciation | 
| ɡ͡b | – | Turbidlipsandpalateburstpronunciation | 
| ŋ͡m | – | LipovalarNasal | 
| ɡ͡ɣ | – | voicedvelarfricatives | 
Note:WhenusingArialUnicodeMStorendertheInternationalPhoneticAlphabetinthebrowser,suchsymbolswillbewrongduetotheprogramerrorofthefontitself,sothedisplayeffectwillbebetter:ts͡,tʃ͡,tɕ͡,dz͡,dʒ͡,dʑ͡,tɬ͡,kp͡,ɡb͡,ŋm͡.
Non-pulmonaryairflowsound
Non-pulmonaryairflowsoundreferstothesoundmadewithoutthelungsexhalingair.Includingbabble(foundintheKhoisanlanguagefamilyinAfrica),implosion(foundinlanguagessuchasAfrica,SoutheastAsia,etc.),andspray(foundinmostnativeAmericaninhabitantsandlanguagesintheCaucasus).
Speakingsoundsaregenerallyunvoiced,voicedsoundsareaddedbelow;implosionsoundsaregenerallyvoiced,andunvoicedsoundsareaddedbelow;spoutingsoundscanonlybeunvoiced.
Vowels
Thepictureontheleftsymbolicallyshowsthepronunciationofthemouthofapersonwhofacestheleftside.Themoreyougototheleft,themoreyourtonguesticksout,andthemoreyougo,thesmalleryourmouthopens.——Inapairofsymbols,thereareroundlipsandnon-roundlipsontheleftandrightsides.Theoneontherightisaroundvowel,andtheoneontheleftisanon-roundvowel.
The"vowelmap"isalsotheleftview.Generallyspeaking,todescribeavowelfromtheperspectiveofpronunciation,therearethreemainparameters:(1)theheightofthetongue.Fromtoptobottominthepicture,correspondingtothetonguepositionfromhightolow,thatis,thesizeoftheopeningdegree.
(2)Beforeandafterthetongueposition.Fromlefttorightinthepicture,thecorrespondingtonguepositionisfromfronttoback.
(3)Theroundnessofthelips.Thetwovowelsinthesamepositioninthepicturehavethesametongueposition.Thedifferenceliesintheshapeofthelips:theleftsideistheunroundedvowel,andtherightsideistheroundedvowel.
Forexample,[a],[i],[u]arethethreemostcommonvowelsinhumanlanguage.Checkingthevoweldiagramshowsthat[a]isthefrontlowvowelwithoutroundlips,[i]isthefronthighvowelwithoutroundlips,and[u]isthebackhighvowelwithroundlips.Readerscantrytopronouncethesethreevowelsandfeelthepositionofthetongueandtheshapeofthelips.Theconnectionofthesethreevowelsand[ɑ]constitutesthepronunciationrangeofhumanvowels.Thetrapezoidinthevoweltonguetableincludesallthevowelsthatcanbepronounced.
Inadditionto"consonanttable"and"voweldiagram",thereareseveralothersymboltablesintheinternationalphoneticalphabetplan,butthearrangementismessy,unlikethe"consonanttable"and"voweldiagram".Thesystemicnatureofvoicewillnotbeintroducedhere.
Thediphthongsareusuallyrepresentedbynon-syllablesymbols,suchas⟨aɪ̯⟩.However,tiebarisalsoused,especiallywhenitisdifficulttoaccuratelyindicatewhetherthevowelison-glideoroff-glide:⟨a͡ɪ⟩,⟨o͜e⟩.
| vowel | before | Yang | After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notroundlips | Roundlips | Notroundlips | Roundlips | Notroundlips | Roundlips | |
| Close | i | y | ɨ | ʉ | ɯ | u | 
| Closelyclosed | ɪɩ | ʏ | ʊ | |||
| Semi-closed | e | ø | ɘ | ɵ | ɤ | o | 
| 中 | o | |||||
| 中 | ə | |||||
| Halfopen | ɛ | œʚ | ɜ | ɞ | ʌ | ɔ | 
| Closeopen | æ | ɐ | ||||
| Open | a | ɶ | äᴀ | ɑ | ɒ | 
Note:Forvowelsthatappearinpairs,theleftisanunroundedvowel,andtherightisaroundedvowel.ThetwosymbolsinthesameoneareoneDifferentwritingstylesofpronunciation.
diacritics
diacritics,alsoknownasadditionalsymbols,aresmallmarksaddedaroundthephoneticsymboltoindicatethechangeinthepronunciationofthephoneticsymbol,ortomakeitmoreprecisedescriptionof.Ifthesubscriptdiacriticalmark(themarkusuallyplacedunderthephoneticsymbolorsymbol)istobeaddedtothephoneticsymbolofthedescendingpart,itcanbeplacedabovetheletter.
Wheniisaddedwithandiacriticalmark,thedotabovemaybeconfusedwiththeadditionalmark,i(ı)withoutdotshouldbeused.SomeIPAsymbolscanalsobeusedasadditionalsymbolstodescribephoneticdetails,suchas:tˢ(frictionremoval),bʱ(leaksound),ˀa(gutturalstart),ᵊ(placedinschwa),oᶷ(dualelementPhonetic).OtherdiacriticsareincludedintheIPAextension.
| Syllable | |||||
| ◌̩ | ɹ̩n̩ | Intosyllable | ◌̯ | e̯ʊ̯ | Notasyllable | 
| Removalofresistance | |||||
| ◌ʰ | tʰ | Aspiration | ◌̚ | d̚ | Silentblockremoval | 
| ◌ʱ | dʱ | ||||
| ◌ⁿ | dⁿ | Removalofnasalsound | ◌ˡ | dˡ | sideToneremoval | 
| Pronunciation | |||||
| ◌̥ | n̥d̥ | ThanhHoa | ◌̬ | s̬t̬ | turbidity | 
| ◌̤ | b̤a̤ | Bleaksound | ◌̰ | b̰a̰ | tr>squeaking | 
| Pronunciationpart | |||||
| ◌̪ | t̪d̪ | dentification | ◌̼ | t̼d̼ | Lipoftongue | 
| ◌̺ | t̺d̺ | TongueSharpening | ◌̻ | t̻d̻ | Linguallobe | 
| ◌̟ | u̟t̟ | Previous | ◌̠ | i̠t̠ | Last | 
| ◌̈ | ëä | Rearer | ◌̽ | e̽ɯ̽ | Centralization | 
| ◌̝ | e̝ɹ̝ | Higher(lift)(ɹ̝=cleargingivalfricative) | |||
| ◌˔ | ɭ˔ | ||||
| ◌̞ | e̞β̞ | Lower(descending)(β̞=proximityofthelips) | |||
| ◌˕ | ɣ˕ | ||||
| Co-pronunciation | |||||
| ◌̹ | ɔ̹x̹ | Moreroundlips | ◌̜ | ɔ̜x̜ʷ | Expandyourlips | 
| ◌ʷ | tʷdʷ | Liporlip-softpalatalization | ◌ʲ | tʲdʲ | Palatization | 
| ◌ˠ | tˠdˠ | Softpalatalization | ◌ˤ | tˤaˤ | Laryngealmuralization | 
| ◌ᶣ | tᶣdᶣ | Lip-hardpalatalization | ◌̴ | ɫz̴ | Softpalateorthroatmuralization | 
| ◌̘ | e̘o̘ | Thebaseofthetonguemovesforward | ◌̙ | e̙o̙ | Thebaseofthetonguemovesback | 
| ◌̃ | ẽz̃ | nasalization | ◌˞ | ɚɝ | RSonication | 
- Remarks 
- a^AspiratedvoicedconsonantsTheaspirationisalsosound.Manylinguistsprefertousediacriticsthatrepresentleakysounds. 
- b^Somelinguistsonlyusetheleakysoundsymbolforsound,andmarkthestopsoundas 
bʱ.
Glottalstate
Thestateoftheglottiscanbewelldescribedwithdiacritics.Thefollowingisthepronunciationofgingivalburstfromopeningglottistoclosingglottis:
| Openglottis | [t] | clearsound | 
| [d̤] | Exhale | |
| [d̥] | Relaxation | |
| Bestlocation | [d] | Normalsound | 
| [d̬] | ZhangSheng | |
| [d̰] | Crack | |
| Closetheglottis | [ʔ͡t] | Glottisisclosed | 
Supersegmentcomponent
Thefollowingsymbolsareusedtodescribethecharacteristicsofthelanguage’sindividualconsonantsandvowelsbeyondthelevel,suchasrhythm,tone,length,andstress.Theseareoftenusedtoindicatesyllables,vocabularyorphrases,suchasthestrengthofspeech,Thepitchandduration,aswellastherhythmandintonationinthespeech.Althoughmostofthesesymbolsareusedtoindicatephoneme-baseddistinctionsinspeechlevels,theyalsoshowthatintonationtranscendsitslevelinthevocabularyitself.
| Pitch | |||||
| Intonation | |||||
| Length,stress,rhythm | |||||
| ˈ | ˈa | Mainaccent | ˌ | ˌa | Secondaryaccent | 
| ː | aːkː | Long | ˑ | aˑ | Halflength | 
| ◌̆ | ə̆ | Ultrashort | . | aa | Syllableinterval | 
| ‿ | s‿a | Connect(idledoesnotappear) | |||
| | | Smallrhythmgroup/stepgroup | ‖ | GreatProsodicGroup/IntonationGroup | ||
| ↗ | Overallincrease | ↘ | Overalldecrease | ||
| e̋˥ | Superhigh | ě˩˥ | rise | ||
| é˦ | High | ê˥˩ | Descend | ||
| ē˧ | Medium | e᷄˧˥ | Highrise | ||
| è˨ | Low | e᷅˩˥ | Lowrise | ||
| ȅ˩ | Ultralow | e᷇˥˧ | Highdrop | ||
| e᷆˧˩ | Lowdrop | ||||
| ꜛke | Upgrade | e᷉˧˩˧ | Decreaseandrise | ||
| ꜜke | Degrade | e᷈˧˥˧ | Raise> | 
Purpose
- Usedindictionariesorforeignlanguagetextbookstoexpresspronunciation,tofacilitatetheacquisitionofasecondlanguage. 
- Thelanguageusedforfieldworkrecordsandformsthebasisofalanguagewritingsystem. 
- Annotatetheacousticorotherdisplaysofspeechanalysis. 
- Usedforpreparationbeforesinging. 
Otherphoneticsymbols
Chinesephoneticsymbols
Thefollowing9phoneticsymbolsarecommonlyusedinChineselinguistics,buttheyarenotCanbeacceptedbytheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet.ThereareexclusivesymbolsinUnicode,buttheyneedthesupportofUnicode4.0andabove.Theyarenotvisibleinsomefontswithinternationalphoneticsymbols(suchasLucidaSansUnicode).
NinephoneticsymbolsnotacceptedbytheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet:ɿ,ʅ,ʮ,ʯ,ȶ,ȡ,ȵ,ᴀ,ᴇ.
| Phonetictranscription | Unicode | Characterdescription | Tonevalue | Name | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ɿ | U+027F | LonglegsdownIota | ɹ̟̩(iez̞) | Syllabicneargingivalsound | 
| ʅ | U+0285 | Iotawithrighttailandlonglegs | ɻ̩ | Syllabicsyllableclosesound | 
| ʮ | U+02AE | Thelowercaseletterhwithhook | ɹ̟̩ʷ(iez̞ʷ) | Syllablegingivallabialnearsound | 
| ʯ | U+02AF | Hookedcurlytailinvertedlowercaseletterh | ɻ̩ʷtd> | Turnthetongueintosyllablesandturnthelipsintoclosesounds | 
| ȶ | U+0236 | Lowercaselettertwithcurlytail | t̠ʲ | Gingivalpalateclearpronunciation | 
| ȡ | U+0221 | Lowercaseletterdwithcurlytail | d̠ʲ | TurbidgumandpalateExplosivepronunciation | 
| ȵ | U+0235 | Lowercaseletternwithcurlytail | ṉʲorɲ̟ | gingivalpalatalnasal | 
| ᴀ | U+1D00 | SmallcapitalTheletterA | ä | Opencentralnon-roundvowel Between Between[a]and[ɑ] | 
| ᴇ | U+1D07 | SmallcapitalletterE | e | Unroundedfrontvowels Between [e]and[ɛ] | 
- ^1SomescholarshavetranslatedthePinyin⟨shi⟩and⟨si⟩ofmodernstandardChineseinto[ʂ͡ɨ]and[s͡ɯ]. 

