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Treatment of ü

When -ü stays as -ü

There are only four syllables that actually are written with the {ü}. They are {nü, nüe, lü, and lüe}.

When ü- becomes yu-

Syllables beginning with sound /ü/ are written with a {yu} replacing the /ü/.

Fundamental Romanization	Becomes This Actual Pinyin Orthography
ü	yu
üe	yue
üan	yuan
ün	yun

When -ü becomes -u

Syllables containing the sound /ü/ following the palatals /q, j, and x/ are written with a {u} replacing the /ü/. There is no ambiguity here, because the palatals require the rounded /ü/ sound.

Fundamental Romanization	Becomes This Actual Pinyin Orthography
jü	ju
jüe	jue
jüan	juan
jün	jun
qü	qu
qüe	que
qüan	quan
qün	qun
xü	xu
xüe	xue
xüan	xuan
xün	xun