I am referring to Origin of zhuyin symbols table on wikipedia.

Under Rhymes and Medials following 3 entries confuse me:

Zhuyin   IPA    Pinyin

ㄧ       i      i/y

ㄨ       u      u/w  

ㄩ       y      ü/yu/u   


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You can find the explanation in page for Pinyin on wikipedia:

Note on y and w





so, I am very unfond of pinyin. but, it makes more sense looking at it like: (y)i. (w)u. (y)ü. since the () is situational. again with regards to the semivowels, these specifically merely change if they're begining a word/syllable. it's easier to say & to read this way. it's a helpful feature. ------------------ that said, there are plenty of mapping issues within the entire vowels system for pinyin... and the general solution is to teach each as exceptions in pronunication in "special cases" or ignore the point. neither seems particularly efficient however, especially from a learning perspective. Zhuyin maps 1 to 1, and personally I just made my own romanisation to match it and maintain accuracy. regardless, how you speak is priority over spelling matters, try to ingrain good examples of different syllables for reference when needed in new contexts.

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