Why is the pinyin of these two character is so weird?

Question

話's pinyin is hua instead of wua.

化's pinyin is hua instead of fua.

We see that these two character pronounce differently when we speaks in mandarin.

Their pronounciation should be same as hua in 普通话, do you refer to some kind of dialect? — user4072, Commented Sep 28, 2014 at 1:56

Mou某 · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-28 13:28:24Z

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I think you're reading Mandarin pinyin but expecting Cantonese pinyin.

Cantonese pinyin is like this:

化 Jyutping: faa3 / Yale: fa3 

话 Jyutping: waa6 / Yale: wa6

and actually it seems to fit what you were expecting!

answered Sep 28, 2014 at 13:28

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