The Mandarin Tricky Alveolar Consonants

/t͡s/

za, zai, zan, zang, zao, ze, zei, zen, zeng, zi, zong, zou, zu

zuan, zui, zun, zuo

/t͡s*/

ca, cai, can, cang, cao, ce, cen, ceng, ci, cong, cou, cu

cuan, cui, cuo, cun