Wiktionary uses the following system to transcribe Hengyang dialect of Xiang Chinese. See Module:hsn-pron-Hengyang for the codes.

Initials

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IPA Transcription Example Notes
/p/ b /b̥/ with light tones
/pʰ/ p
/m/ m
/f/ f /v̥/ with light tones
/t/ d /d̥/ with light tones
/tʰ/ t
/n/ n /n̠ʲ/ before /i/
/l/ l
/t͡s/ z /d̥͡z̥/ with light tones
/t͡sʰ/ c
/s/ s /z̥/ with light tones
/t͡ɕ/ j /d̥͡ʑ̥/ with light tones
/t͡ɕʰ/ q
/ɕ/ x 西 /ʑ̥/ with light tones
/k/ g /ɡ̊/ with light tones
/kʰ/ k
/ŋ/ ng
/x/ h /ɣ̊/ with light tones

Rhymes

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IPA Transcription Example Notes
/z̩/ r only after /t͡s/, /t͡sʰ/, /s/
/i/ i
/u/ u
/y/ y
/iu/ iu
/ui/ ui
/e/ e
/ie/ ie
/ue/ ue
/ye/ ye
/ä/ a
/iä/ ia
/uä/ ua
/yä/ ya
/o/ o
/io/ io
/ə/ er
/ei/ ei
/ai/ ai
/uai/ uai
/ɑʊ/ au
/iɑʊ/ iau
/əu/ ou
/ən/ ern
/uən/ un
/in/ in
/yn/ yn
/en/ en
/ien/ ien
/uen/ uen
/yen/ yen
/an/ an
/ian/ ian
/uan/ uan
/ɤŋ/ eng
/m̩/ m
/ŋ̍/ ng

Tones

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Tone name Tone value Transcription Example Changed tone value Transcription Example
dark level 445 1
light level 11 2
rising 33 3
dark departing 324 4 31 4*
light departing 213 5 31 5*
checked 22 6
neutral (unmarked) 麻雀

References

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  • 李永明《衡陽方言》