Of course, each Chinese character can also have four possible tones, so that adds to the amount of individual sounds. For all the possible combinations of sounds, you can visit the pinyin chart at ChineseClass101.Chinese Alphabet Chart Top Most of Chinese characters are pictophonetic. They ...
Ri or Rhee in South Korean. In North Korea, it is written 리, and romanized as Ri. Historically, it was written 니 [李] (Ni). It means plum, and is also the 4th most-common surname in China, where it is pronounced lǐ in Mandarin and lei5 in Cantonese. It is romanized as ...