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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Cantonese
The following tables list the International phonetic Alphabet used for
Cantonese
. Refer to
{{
IPAc-yue
}}
for a template converting Jyutping to IPA.
Initial consonants
[i]
|
IPA
|
J
|
Y
|
Examples
[ii]
|
f
|
f
|
[j?t??
ŋam??
j?t??
f
?t??]
|
h
|
h
|
[lej??
h
?ŋ??
lej??
lat??]
|
j
|
j
|
y
[iii]
|
[f?t??
t?w?
j
?w??
f???]
|
k
|
g
|
[maj??
siw??
k
in?
siw??]
|
k?
|
k
|
[
k?
???
ŋ?w??
w?n??
ma??]
|
k?
|
gw
|
[m?ŋ?
t?in?
ta??
k?
a?]
|
k??
|
kw
|
[
k??
?n??
maj??]
|
l
|
l
|
[fat??
l
?ŋ?
l
?j??]
|
m
|
m
|
[l???
j?n??
l???
m
?t??]
|
n
|
n
|
[mej?
j?w??
n
?j??]
|
ŋ
|
ng
|
[taj?
ŋ
?n?
tsi??
ji??]
|
p
|
b
|
[tsa?
s???
p
an?
m?ŋ??]
|
p?
|
p
|
[j?t??
p?
?w?
ts??ŋ?
t?j??]
|
s
[iv]
|
s
|
[l?k??
s
?w??
l?k??
kœk??]
|
t
|
d
|
[m?n?
t
?w?
f?n?]
|
t?
|
t
|
[h?w??
h?w??
t?
?j??
t?
?j??]
|
ts
[v]
|
z
|
j
|
[lin?
ts
?ŋ?
h?k??
lan??]
|
ts?
[vi]
|
c
|
ch
|
[m?w??
ts?
?ŋ??
pak??
si?]
|
w
|
w
|
[
w
a?
t?k??
maj??]
|
|
Vocalic finals
[i]
|
IPA
|
J
|
Y
|
Examples
[ii]
|
a
|
aa
|
a
|
[ŋ?n?
l?k??
ts?
a
??
fan?]
|
a
j
[vii]
|
aai
|
[j?n??
s?j?
k??j??
t
aj
?]
|
a
w
[vii]
|
aau
|
[l?w??
m
aw
?
siw?
s?w?]
|
?
|
e
|
[f???
ts
?
?
ŋan??]
|
e
j
[vii]
|
ei
|
[l?m??
m
ej
??
hœŋ?]
|
?
j
[vii]
|
ai
|
[ts?t??
t??w??
ts?t??
s
?j
?]
|
?
w
[vii]
|
au
|
[ŋan?
ts
?w
?]
|
i
|
i
|
[t?ŋ?
s
i
??
t?ŋ?
h?w?]
|
i
w
[vii]
|
iu
|
[t
iw
?
j?n??]
|
?
|
o
|
[ts?w?
m
?
?
s?m?]
|
œ
|
oe
|
eu
|
[k
œ
?
p?a??]
|
?
j
[vii]
|
oi
|
[p??
l???
k
?j
?]
|
?
w
[vii]
|
ou
|
[ts
?w
?
h
?w
??
ts
?w
?
ts??w??]
|
?
?
[viii]
[vii]
|
eoi
|
eui
|
[j?m??
paw??
s?k???
ts
??
?]
|
u
|
u
|
[k
u
?
m?t??
l?n?]
|
u
j
|
ui
|
[m
uj
??
fa?
kan?
ts?k??]
|
y
|
yu
|
[m?k??
k??ŋ?
ts
y
?]
|
|
Nasal finals
[i]
|
IPA
|
J
|
Y
|
Examples
[ii]
|
-
m
|
m
|
m
|
[pun??
tej?
kœŋ?
m
??
lat??]
|
a
m
|
aam
|
[ŋ
am
??
ts?
am
??]
|
?
m
|
am
|
[j
?m
??
t??w??
tam?
t??ŋ?]
|
i
m
|
im
|
[ts
im
?
h?n??
ts
im
?
t?ŋ?]
|
-
n
|
a
n
|
aan
|
[mej??
ts?ŋ?
ŋ
an
??
k?ej??]
|
?
n
|
an
|
[j?w??
m
?n
??
j?w??
l?w?]
|
i
n
|
in
|
[l?j??
ji?
p
in
?]
|
?
n
[viii]
|
eon
|
eun
|
[n?w??
ts
?n
?
l?k??
j?m??]
|
?
n
|
on
|
[fat??
ts?in??
h
?n
??]
|
u
n
|
un
|
[m???
m
un
??
t?ŋ?]
|
y
n
|
yun
|
[ŋan??
j
yn
?]
|
-
ŋ
|
ŋ
|
ng
|
[
ŋ
??
ŋ
??
p??]
|
a
ŋ
|
aang
|
[h
aŋ
??
ts?a?
tap??
ts???]
|
?
ŋ
|
ang
|
[ts
?ŋ
?
h?ŋ?]
|
?
ŋ
|
eng
|
[f?n?
l?j??
k
?ŋ
??]
|
?
ŋ
|
ing
|
[tsi?
tsi?
ts
?ŋ
??
ts
?ŋ
??]
|
?
ŋ
|
ong
|
[m?w??
s?m?
ts
?ŋ
?
ts?j?]
|
œ
ŋ
|
oeng
|
eung
|
[jim??
m?ŋ?
ts?
œŋ
??]
|
?
ŋ
|
ung
|
[kan?
ts
?ŋ
?]
|
|
Checked finals
[i]
|
IPA
|
J
|
Y
|
Examples
[ii]
|
-
p?
|
a
p?
|
aap
|
[m?w??
t
ap?
?
s
ap?
?]
|
?
p?
|
ap
|
[l?k??
jy??
si?
s
?p?
?]
|
i
p?
|
ip
|
[t
ip?
?
mai??
s?m?
s????]
|
-
t?
|
a
t?
|
aat
|
[l
at?
?
t?
at?
?]
|
?
t?
|
at
|
[t?ŋ?
s
?t?
?
l?w?]
|
i
t?
|
it
|
[p?k??
ts?
it?
?
ts?
it?
?]
|
?
t?
[viii]
|
eot
|
eut
|
[ts
?t?
?
tsi?]
|
?
t?
|
ot
|
[h
?t?
?
si??]
|
u
t?
|
ut
|
[ŋan??
f
ut?
?
t??w??
tsak??]
|
y
t?
|
yut
|
[wat??
l
yt?
?
l
yt?
?]
|
-
k?
|
a
k?
|
aak
|
[mej??
t??w??
ŋan??
ŋ
ak?
?]
|
?
k?
|
ak
|
[j?t??
j?t??
t?w?
h
?k?
?]
|
?
k?
|
ek
|
[m???
lan?
ts
?k?
?]
|
?
k?
|
ik
|
[t
?k??
?
hej??
s?m?
k?n?]
|
œ
k?
|
oek
|
euk
|
[ts?w??
ts?w??
ts?w??
ts
œk?
?]
|
?
k?
|
ok
|
[t?w??
ts?in??
l
?k?
?
h?j??]
|
?
k?
|
uk
|
[p
?k?
?
ji?
j?n?]
|
|
Tones
[ix]
|
IPA
|
Numeric
contours
|
Tonal
categories
|
J
|
Y
|
Examples
[ii]
|
?
|
55
|
陰平
|
?
1
|
?
|
[t?ŋ??
s?m?
t?ŋ??
f?j?]
|
??
|
25
|
陰上
|
?
2
|
u
|
[w?j?
s????
si??
]
|
?
|
33
|
陰去
|
?
3
|
u
|
[l?ŋ?
l?ŋ?
la?
la?
]
|
??
|
21
|
陽平
|
?
4
|
uh
|
[
jim??
ts?in??
s?ŋ?]
|
??
|
23
|
陽上
|
?
5
|
uh
|
[
m?w??
ŋa??
tse?
t??w??]
|
?
|
22
|
陽去
|
?
6
|
uh
|
[
wa?
t??w??
s?ŋ??
mej??]
|
- ^
a
b
c
d
This list of consonant inventories and vowel inventories are based on 香港?語大詞典 (2018).
[1]
The transcriptions of vowels, consonants and tones in IPA,
Jyutping
(J) and
Yale romanization
(Y) are based on
Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar, 2nd ed.
(2011)
[2]
and 香港?語大詞典 (2018).
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
Glosses are displayed over the dotted line. (Instructions: for desktop computers, hover your mouse cursor over it; for iOS mobile browsers, request desktop website on your toolbar and then click on the dotted line; for Android mobile browsers, it is unavailable). Vocabulary examples are drawn from 香港?語大詞典 (2018).
[3]
- ^
Omitted when it precedes the nucleus [y].
- ^
[
s
] appears as [
?
] in other sources.
[1]
[2]
- ^
[
ts
] appears as [
t?
] in other sources.
[1]
[2]
- ^
[
ts?
] appears as [
t??
] in other sources.
[1]
[2]
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
The gliding
non-syllables
may be less explicitly transcribed with syllables, such that the non-syllabic
[
j
]
represented as syllabic
[
i
]
,
[
w
]
as
[
u
]
, and
[
?
]
as
[
y
]
.
- ^
a
b
c
[
?
] appears as [
ø
] in other sources.
[1]
[2]
- ^
The so-called 7th, 8th and 9th tones are not officially marked as such in
Jyutping
(J)
[2]
and
Yale romanization
(Y).
[1]
They are officially marked as the 1st, 3rd and 6th tones respectively.
[1]
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
張勵?; 倪列懷; 潘禮美 (2018).
香港?語大詞典
. Hong Kong: 天地圖書. p.?648-650.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
Matthews, Stephen; Yip, Virginia (2011).
Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar, 2nd edition
. New York: Routledge. p.?461-463.
- ^
張勵?; 倪列懷; 潘禮美 (2018).
香港?語大詞典
. Hong Kong: 天地圖書. p.?41-622.
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