<p>For people from south China, the following may be confused:</p>
<ul>
<li>z / zh</li>
<li>c / ch</li>
<li>s / sh</li>
<li>n / l</li>
<li>l / r</li>
</ul>
<p>Many Pinyin input methods include &quot;fuzzy pronunciations&quot;, a feature that automatically matches these confusable pronunciations. For example, if you input <code>zui</code>, the results will also include all characters of <code>zhui</code>.</p>
<p>The Google Pinyin input method uses the following list:</p>
<ul>
<li>z / zh</li>
<li>c / ch</li>
<li>s / sh</li>
<li>an / ang</li>
<li>en / eng</li>
<li>in / ing</li>
<li>l / n</li>
<li>f / h</li>
<li>r / l</li>
<li>k / g</li>
<li>ian / iang</li>
<li>uan / uang</li>
</ul>

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2012-03-23T20:08:33.087Z
Well google obviously knows some of the mistakes.  Useful, thanks.
jaffa
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2012-03-22T02:16:11.407Z
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wks
<p>ng=> mg</p>

<p>zh=> ch</p>

<p>ch=> zh</p>

<p>?n=> ?ng</p>

<p>zhu??=>qu??</p>

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2012-03-22T01:54:22.667Z
2012-03-22T01:54:22.667Z
caleb.xiang
<p>For example, 'shuo' is sometimes mistakenly pronounced 'shou'. 'Juan' is often pronounced 'zhuan'. </p>

<p>Can anyone think of any others? I want to highlight some common mistakes to teach pinyin pronunciation.</p>

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2012-03-22T00:30:56.857Z
Are you asking for a list of "common" mistakes? Apart from the fact that list questions are not the kind of questions we actually want (especially open-ended lists), how do we know which mistakes are the most common? We'd need to agree on some standard resource, or some method to choose them.
Alenanno
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2012-03-22T04:47:52.200Z
This question is too subjective unless a proper source is provided. Personally I don't mistakenly pronounce "shuo" but often confuse "cu" and "shu", but that's just me, and it's irrelevant to a Q&A website.
laurent
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2012-03-22T09:40:30.083Z
This question has been closed as too subjective. This is more based on personal experiences.
going
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2012-03-23T20:11:15.517Z
Juan is often confused with zhuan.  Pinyin words which begin with j, x, q follow different rules that most other words.  Just wondered if there were any others which were common.
jaffa
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What are the most common mistakes when pronouncing Pinyin?
# What are the most common mistakes when pronouncing Pinyin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-21)

For example, 'shuo' is sometimes mistakenly pronounced 'shou'. 'Juan' is often pronounced 'zhuan'.

Can anyone think of any others? I want to highlight some common mistakes to teach pinyin pronunciation.

**Tags:** pinyin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you asking for a list of "common" mistakes? Apart from the fact that list questions are not the kind of questions we actually want (especially open-ended lists), how do we know which mistakes are the most common? We'd need to agree on some standard resource, or some method to choose them.  
> **username_2**: This question is too subjective unless a proper source is provided. Personally I don't mistakenly pronounce "shuo" but often confuse "cu" and "shu", but that's just me, and it's irrelevant to a Q&A website.  
> **username_3**: This question has been closed as too subjective. This is more based on personal experiences.  
> **username_0**: Juan is often confused with zhuan.  Pinyin words which begin with j, x, q follow different rules that most other words.  Just wondered if there were any others which were common.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2012-03-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

For people from south China, the following may be confused:

* z / zh
* c / ch
* s / sh
* n / l
* l / r

Many Pinyin input methods include "fuzzy pronunciations", a feature that automatically matches these confusable pronunciations. For example, if you input `zui`, the results will also include all characters of `zhui`.

The Google Pinyin input method uses the following list:

* z / zh
* c / ch
* s / sh
* an / ang
* en / eng
* in / ing
* l / n
* f / h
* r / l
* k / g
* ian / iang
* uan / uang

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Well google obviously knows some of the mistakes.  Useful, thanks.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2012-03-22. Score: -1

ng=> mg

zh=> ch

ch=> zh

?n=> ?ng

zhu??=>qu??


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