Mandarin

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(vo1, Zhuyin ㄪㄛ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Usage notes

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  • 《汉语拼音方案》 (Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet) defines a standard pronunciation for each letter in Hanyu Pinyin with Zhuyin. In the case of V, it is defined as ㄪㄝ, using the otherwise-obsolete initial ( /⁠v⁠/). This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.