diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/willow/database/CreateDatabase.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/willow/database/CreateDatabase.kt
index 48bc989..e349828 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/willow/database/CreateDatabase.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/marvinelsen/willow/database/CreateDatabase.kt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ fun main() {
                 4,
                 entry.pinyinSyllables.joinToString(
                     separator = " "
-                ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS) }
+                ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS).replace("u:", "ü").replace("v", "ü") }
             )
             insertStatement.setString(
                 5,
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ private fun createCrossStraitsEntries(connection: Connection) {
             "SELECT id FROM entry WHERE traditional = '${entry.traditional}' AND pinyin_with_tone_numbers = '${
                 pronunciation.joinToString(
                     separator = " "
-                ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS) }
+                ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS).replace("u:", "ü").replace("v", "ü") }
             }'"
         )
         if (rs.next()) {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ private fun createCrossStraitsEntries(connection: Connection) {
                     4,
                     pronunciation.joinToString(
                         separator = " "
-                    ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS) }
+                    ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS).replace("u:", "ü").replace("v", "ü") }
                 )
                 insertStatement.setString(
                     5,
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ private fun createMoedictEntries(connection: Connection) {
                     "SELECT id FROM entry WHERE traditional = '$traditional' AND pinyin_with_tone_numbers = '${
                         pronunciation.joinToString(
                             separator = " "
-                        ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS) }
+                        ) { it.format(
+                            TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS
+                        ).replace("u:", "ü").replace("v", "ü")
+                        }
                     }'"
                 )
                 if (rs.next()) {
@@ -294,7 +297,11 @@ private fun createMoedictEntries(connection: Connection) {
                             4,
                             pronunciation.joinToString(
                                 separator = " "
-                            ) { it.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS) }
+                            ) {
+                                it.format(
+                                    TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS
+                                ).replace("u:", "ü").replace("v", "ü")
+                            }
                         )
                         insertStatement.setString(
                             5,
@@ -371,7 +378,7 @@ private fun String.sanitizeMoeTitle() = this
     .replace("""\(.*\)""".toRegex(), "")
 
 private fun PinyinSyllable.toSearchablePinyinWithToneNumbers() =
-    this.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS).lowercase()
+    this.format(TransliterationSystem.PINYIN_WITH_TONE_NUMBERS).lowercase().replace("u:", "v").replace("ü", "v")
 
 private fun PinyinSyllable.toSearchablePinyin() =
     this.toSearchablePinyinWithToneNumbers().replace("""\d""".toRegex(), "")