Mandarin Pinyin Accented Letters: Complete List to Copy and Paste
Hanyu Pinyin shows the four Mandarin tones with a macron (ā), acute (á), caron (ǎ) and grave (à) over vowels, plus ü.
Click any letter below to copy it.
Lowercase Mandarin Pinyin letters
Uppercase Mandarin Pinyin letters
Unicode and HTML codes
Typing these letters quickly
On Windows, the fastest built-in route is an Alt code, for example Win+. and the Symbols tab for ā. On a Mac, hold the a key or use Unicode Hex Input. On phones, add the Mandarin Pinyin keyboard so every letter sits on the long-press menu. The full typing guide has a chart for every letter.
Capital letters
Every lowercase Mandarin Pinyin letter above has a capital form, and you should keep the accent on capitals. Dropping accents from capitals is an old typewriter habit; modern style guides for most languages, including the official French and Spanish academies, recommend keeping them.
Sorting and searching Mandarin Pinyin text
Computers sort accented letters by code point unless told otherwise, which can put them after z. Use a locale-aware sort (for example localeCompare with the Mandarin Pinyin locale in JavaScript, or a Mandarin Pinyin collation in your database) so lists follow Mandarin Pinyin alphabetical order.