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  a ai an ang ao e ei en eng er i ia iao ian iang ie in ing iong iu o ong ou u ua uai uan uang ui un uo ü üan üe ün
    ai an ang ao e   en eng er                     o   ou                        
b(bo) ba bai ban bang bao   bei ben beng   bi   biao bian   bie bin bing     bo     bu                      
p(po) pa pai pan pang pao   pei pen peng   pi   piao pian   pie pin ping     po   pou pu                      
m(mo) ma mai man mang mao   mei men meng   mi   miao mian   mie min ming   miu mo   mou mu                      
f(fo) fa   fan fang     fei fen feng                       fo   fou fu                      
d(de) da dai dan dang dao de dei den deng   di dia diao dian   die   ding   diu   dong dou du     duan   dui dun duo        
t(te) ta tai tan tang tao te     teng   ti   tiao tian   tie   ting       tong tou tu     tuan   tui tun tuo        
n(ne) na nai nan nang nao ne nei nen neng   ni   niao nian niang nie nin ning   niu   nong nou nu     nuan     nun nuo   nüe  
l(le) la lai lan lang lao le lei   leng   li lia liao lian liang lie lin ling   liu   long lou lu     luan     lun luo   lüe  
g(ge) ga gai gan gang gao ge gei gen geng                         gong gou gu gua guai guan guang gui gun guo        
k(ke) ka kai kan kang kao ke   ken keng                         kong kou ku kua kuai kuan kuang kui kun kuo        
h(he) ha hai han hang hao he hei hen heng                         hong hou hu hua huai huan huang hui hun huo        
j(ji)                     ji jia jiao jian jiang jie jin jing jiong jiu       ju     juan             jue jun
q(qi)                     qi qia qiao qian qiang qie qin qing qiong qiu       qu     quan             que qun
x(xi)                     xi xia xiao xian xiang xie xin xing xiong xiu       xu     xuan             xue xun
zh(zhi) zha zhai zhan zhang zhao zhe zhei zhen zheng   zhi                     zhong zhou zhu zhua zhuai zhuan zhuang zhui zhun zhuo        
ch(chi) cha chai chan chang chao che   chen cheng   chi                     chong chou chu chua chuai chuan chuang chui chun chuo        
sh(shi) sha shai shan shang shao she shei shen sheng   shi                       shou shu shua shuai shuan shuang shui shun shuo        
r(ri)     ran rang rao re   ren reng   ri                     rong rou ru     ruan   rui run ruo        
z(zi) za zai zan zang zao ze zei zen zeng   zi                     zong zou zu     zuan   zui zun zuo        
c(ci) ca cai can cang cao ce   cen ceng   ci                     cong cou cu     cuan   cui cun cuo        
s(si) sa sai san sang sao se   sen seng   si                     song sou su     suan   sui sun suo        
w(wu) wa wai wan wang     wei wen weng                       wo     wu                      
y(yi) ya   yan yang yao ye         yi           yin ying       yong you yu     yuan             yue yun