Wiktionary:About Chinese/Cantonese
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Wiktionary uses the Jyutping system to transcribe Guangzhou and Hong Kong dialects of Cantonese. Note that some sounds used for transcribing loanwords are not in standard Jyutping and are marked by an asterisk (*) in the following table. See Module:yue-pron for the code.
Initials[edit]
| b /p/ 巴 |
p /pʰ/ 怕 |
m /m/ 媽 |
f /f/ 花 |
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| d /t/ 打 |
t /tʰ/ 他 |
n /n/ 那 |
l /l/ 啦 | |
| g /k/ 家 |
k /kʰ/ 卡 |
ng /ŋ/ 牙 |
h /h/ 蝦 |
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| gw /kʷ/ 瓜 |
kw /kʰʷ/ 誇 |
w /w/ 蛙 | ||
| z /ts/ 渣 |
c /tsʰ/ 叉 |
s /s/ 沙 |
j /j/ 也 |
Finals[edit]
| aa /aː/ 沙 |
aai /aːi/ 徙 |
aau /aːu/ 梢 |
aam /aːm/ 三 |
aan /aːn/ 山 |
aang /aːŋ/ 坑 |
aap /aːp/ 圾 |
aat /aːt/ 剎 |
aak /aːk/ 客 |
| a /ɐ/ 吖 |
ai /ɐi/ 西 |
au /ɐu/ 收 |
am /ɐm/ 心 |
an /ɐn/ 新 |
ang /ɐŋ/ 笙 |
ap /ɐp/ 濕 |
at /ɐt/ 失 |
ak /ɐk/ 塞 |
| e /ɛː/ 些 |
ei /ei/ 四 |
eu /ɛːu/ 掉 |
em /ɛːm/ 舐 |
en /ɛːn/ friend |
eng /ɛːŋ/ 鄭 |
ep /ɛːp/ 夾 |
et /ɛːt/ 坺 |
ek /ɛːk/ 石 |
| i /iː/ 詩 |
iu /iːu/ 消 |
im /iːm/ 閃 |
in /iːn/ 先 |
ing /ɪŋ/ 星 |
ip /iːp/ 攝 |
it /iːt/ 洩 |
ik /ɪk/ 識 | |
| o /ɔː/ 疏 |
oi /ɔːi/ 開 |
ou /ou/ 蘇 |
om* /ɔːm/ form |
on /ɔːn/ 看 |
ong /ɔːŋ/ 康 |
op* /ɔːp/ cop |
ot /ɔːt/ 喝 |
ok /ɔːk/ 索 |
| u /uː/ 夫 |
ui /uːi/ 灰 |
um* /uːm/ |
un /uːn/ 寬 |
ung /ʊŋ/ 鬆 |
up* /uːp/ loop |
ut /uːt/ 闊 |
uk /ʊk/ 叔 | |
| oe /œː/ 鋸 |
oem* /œːm/ firm |
oen* /œːn/ |
oeng /œːŋ/ 商 |
oep* /œːp/ |
oet /œːt/ 嗝 |
oek /œːk/ 削 | ||
| eoi /ɵy/ 需 |
eon /ɵn/ 詢 |
eot /ɵt/ 摔 |
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| yu /yː/ 書 |
yun /yːn/ 孫 |
yut /yːt/ 雪 |
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| m /m̩/ 唔 |
ng /ŋ̩/ 吳 |
Tones[edit]
| Tone name | jam1 ping4 (陰平) |
jam1 soeng5 (陰上) |
jam1 heoi3 (陰去) |
joeng4 ping4 (陽平) |
joeng4 soeng5 (陽上) |
joeng4 heoi3 (陽去) |
gou1 jam1 jap6 (高陰入) |
dai1 jam1 jap6 (低陰入) |
joeng4 jap6 (陽入) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tone Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 (7) | 3 (8) | 6 (9) |
| The tone name in English | high level or high falling | mid rising | mid level | low falling | low rising | low level | entering high level | entering mid level | entering low level |
| Contour | ˥ 55 / ˥˧ 53 | ˧˥ 35 | ˧ 33 | ˨˩ 21 | ˩˧ 13 | ˨ 22 | ˥ 5 | ˧ 3 | ˨ 2 |
| Character Example | 分 | 粉 | 訓 | 焚 | 奮 | 份 | 忽 | 發 | 佛 |
| Example | fan1 | fan2 | fan3 | fan4 | fan5 | fan6 | fat1 | faat3 | fat6 |
Romanisation considerations[edit]
On Wiktionary, lazy pronunciations are not included, and high-falling and high-level variants of tone 1 are not differentiated.
Tone change is indicated by hyphen -: 樣／样 (joeng6-2). (Other websites may use an asterisk *.)
Tone numbers are indicated by superscript, such as by using <sup></sup> or {{sup}}. Do not use superscript numbers in Unicode (¹²³⁴⁵⁶).