Cyrillization of Chinese

Initials

Note that because the Russian version of the Cyrillic alphabet has no letters for dz or dzh (although ѕ and џ are found in Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic), the digraphs цз and чж are used respectively.

Finals

Nucleus		a					ə						∅
Coda		∅	i	u	n	ŋ	∅	i	u	n	ŋ	ɻ
Medial	∅	a [a] ㄚ a	ай [ai̯] ai ㄞ ai	ao [au̯] ao ㄠ ao	ань [an] an ㄢ an	ан [aŋ] ang ㄤ ang	э [ɤ] ê/o ㄜ e	эй [ei̯] ei ㄟ ei	оу [ou̯] ou ㄡ ou	энь [ən] ên ㄣ en	эн [əŋ] êng ㄥ eng	эр [aɚ̯] êrh ㄦ er	и/ы [ʅ/ɿ] ih/ŭ -i
	i	я [i̯a] ia ㄧㄚ ia		яо [i̯au̯] iao ㄧㄠ iao	янь [i̯ɛn] ien ㄧㄢ ian	ян [i̯aŋ] iang ㄧㄤ iang	е [i̯e] ieh ㄧㄝ ie		ю [i̯ou̯] iu ㄧㄡ iu	инь [in] in ㄧㄣ in	ин [iŋ] ing ㄧㄥ ing		и [i] i ㄧ i
	u	уа [u̯a] ua ㄨㄚ ua	уай [u̯ai̯] uai ㄨㄞ uai		уaнь [u̯an] uan ㄨㄢ uan	уaн [u̯aŋ] uang ㄨㄤ uang	о [u̯o] o/uo ㄨㄛ uo	уй [u̯ei̯] ui ㄨㄟ ui		унь [u̯ən] un ㄨㄣ un	ун [ʊŋ] ung ㄨㄥ ong		у [u] u ㄨ u
	y				юaнь [y̯ɛn] üan ㄩㄢ üan		юэ [y̯e] üeh ㄩㄝ üe			юнь [yn] ün ㄩㄣ ün	юн [i̯ʊŋ] iung ㄩㄥ iong		юй [y] ü ㄩ ü

In composites, coda ng is transcribed нъ when the following syllable starts with a vowel. For example, the names of the cities of Chang’an and Hengyang are transcribed as Чанъань and Хэнъян.

Comparison chart

This table establishes correspondence between the Ukrainian Palladius system together with the two Romanization systems most commonly used in English-speaking countries: Pinyin and Wade–Giles.

Exceptions

The names of the cities of Beijing and Nanjing are transcribed as Пеки́н (instead of Бэйцзин) and Нанки́н (instead of Наньцзин), much as Peking and Nanking were still used in English speaking countries until recently. Hong Kong (pinyin: Xianggang) may be both Сянга́н (Xianggang) and Гонко́нг (Hong Kong); the latter is more common.

Syllable hui is transcribed not as хуй but as хуэй (Huizu, Хуэйцзу) or, less often, as хой (Anhui, Аньхой) for aesthetic reasons, since хуй (chuy) is a taboo word for "penis" in Russian and several other Slavic languages.

Older documents contain variants мэн — мын, мэнь — мынь, фэн — фын, фэнь — фынь, пэн — пын, hence Aomen (Macao) is traditionally spelled Аомынь in Russian. Most modern texts contain э, with some exceptions.

Initials

Finals

Nucleus		a					ə						∅
Coda		∅	i	u	n	ŋ	∅	i	u	n	ŋ	ɻ
Medial	∅	a [a] ㄚ a	ай [ai̯] ai ㄞ ai	ao [au̯] ao ㄠ ao	ань [an] an ㄢ an	ан [aŋ] ang ㄤ ang	е [ɤ] ê/o ㄜ e	ей [ei̯] ei ㄟ ei	оу [ou̯] ou ㄡ ou	ень [ən] ên ㄣ en	ен [əŋ] êng ㄥ eng	ер [aɚ̯] êrh ㄦ er	і/и [ʅ/ɿ] ih/ŭ -i
	i	я [i̯a] ia ㄧㄚ ia		яо [i̯au̯] iao ㄧㄠ iao	янь [i̯ɛn] ien ㄧㄢ ian	ян [i̯aŋ] iang ㄧㄤ iang	є [i̯e] ieh ㄧㄝ ie		ю [i̯ou̯] iu ㄧㄡ iu	їнь [in] in ㄧㄣ in	їн [iŋ] ing ㄧㄥ ing		ї [i] i ㄧ i
	u	уа [u̯a] ua ㄨㄚ ua	уай [u̯ai̯] uai ㄨㄞ uai		уaнь [u̯an] uan ㄨㄢ uan	уaн [u̯aŋ] uang ㄨㄤ uang	о [u̯o] o/uo ㄨㄛ uo	уй [u̯ei̯] ui ㄨㄟ ui		унь [u̯ən] un ㄨㄣ un	ун [ʊŋ] ung ㄨㄥ ong		у [u] u ㄨ u
	y				юaнь [y̯ɛn] üan ㄩㄢ üan		юе [y̯e] üeh ㄩㄝ üe			юнь [yn] ün ㄩㄣ ün	юн [i̯ʊŋ] iung ㄩㄥ iong		юй [y] ü ㄩ ü

In composites, coda ng is transcribed нъ when the following syllable starts with a vowel. For example, the names of the cities of Chang’an and Hengyang are transcribed as Чанъань and Хенъян.

Comparison chart

This table establishes correspondence between the Palladius system together with the two Romanization systems most commonly used in English-speaking countries: Pinyin and Wade–Giles.

Cyrillization with the Ukrainian alphabet differs from the Russian as follows:

• е → є
• э → е
• г → ґ
• и → і
  • in жи, чжи, чи, ши (ri, zhi, chi, shi) still и is used
  • Syllables without initial consonant start with ї (yi, yin, ying → ї, їнь, їн).
• ы → и

Original

Traditional:

你好嗎？這個是一段用西里爾字母寫的中文。

Simplified:

你好吗？这个是一段用西里尔字母写的中文。

Pinyin

Nǐ hǎo ma? Zhège shì yīduàn yòng Xīlǐ ěr zì mǔ xiě de Zhōngwén.

Russian Palladius system

Ни хао ма? Чжэгэ ши идуань юн Сили эр цзы му се дэ Чжунвэнь.^[1]

Ukrainian Palladius system

Ні хао ма? Чжеґе ши їдуань юн Сілі ер цзи му сє де Чжунвень.

Belarusian Palladius system

Ні хао ма? Чжэгэ шы ідуань юн Сілі эр цзы му се дэ Чжунвэнь.

English Translation

How are you? This is a Chinese sentence written in Cyrillic alphabet.