code: def baxter2ipa(mch, segmented=False):
      
  
      out = mch
      if out[-1] in 'ptk':
          out += 'R'
      elif out[-1] not in 'XHP':
          out += 'P'
          
      for s,t in _cd.GY['ipa']: 
          out = out.replace(s,t)
      if segmented:
          return parse_chinese_morphemes(out) 
      return out
docs: Very simple aber convient-enough conversion from baxter MCH to IPA MCH.
      this is also more or less already implemented in MiddleChinese