Comparison of Cantonese romanization systems

The chart below shows the difference between S. L. Wong (romanization) , Guangdong Romanization , Cantonese Pinyin , Jyutping , Yale , Sidney Lau , Meyer?Wempe , along with IPA , S. L. Wong phonetic symbols and Cantonese Bopomofo .

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Initials [ edit ]

	IPA	S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols	Bopomofo Extended	S. L. Wong Romanization	Guangdong Romanization	Cantonese Pinyin	Jyutping	Yale	Sidney Lau	Meyer? Wempe
巴	[p]	/b/	?	b	b	b	b	b	b	p
?	[p?]	/p/	?	p	p	p	p	p	p	p'
?	[m]	/m/	?	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
花	[f]	/f/	?	f	f	f	f	f	f	f
打	[t]	/d/	?	d	d	d	d	d	d	t
他	[t?]	/t/	?	t	t	t	t	t	t	t'
那	[n]	/n/	?	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
?	[l]	/l/	?	l	l	l	l	l	l	l
家	[k]	/g/	?	g	g	g	g	g	g	k
?	[k?]	/k/	?	k	k	k	k	k	k	k'
牙	[ŋ]	/ŋ/	?	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng
蝦	[h]	/h/	?	h	h	h	h	h	h	h
將	[ts]	/dz/	?	dz	z	dz	z	j	j	ts
張	[t?]	/dz₂/	?	dj	j	dz	z	j	j	ch
?	[ts?]	/ts/	?	ts	c	ts	c	ch	ch	ts'
昌	[t??]	/ts₂/	?	ch	q	ts	c	ch	ch	ch'
士	[s]	/s/	?	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
是	[?]	/s₂/	?	sh	x	s	s	s	s	sh
瓜	[k?]	/gw/	??	gw	gu	gw	gw	gw	gw	kw
誇	[k??]	/kw/	??	kw	ku	kw	kw	kw	kw	k'w
也	[j]	/j/	?	y	y	j	j	y	y	y/i
華	[w]	/w/	?	w	w	w	w	w	w	w/oo

Finals [ edit ]

	IPA	S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols	Bopomofo Extended	S. L. Wong Romanization	Guangdong Romanization	Cantonese Pinyin	Jyutping	Yale	Sidney Lau	Meyer? Wempe
?	[aː]	/a/	?	a	a	aa	aa	a	a	a
?	[aːi]	/ai/	?	aai	ai	aai	aai	aai	aai	aai
拗	[aːu]	/au/	?	aau	ao	aau	aau	aau	aau	aau
?	[aːm]	/am/	?	aam	am	aam	aam	aam	aam	aam
晏	[aːn]	/an/	?	aan	an	aan	aan	aan	aan	aan
罌	[aːŋ]	/aŋ/	?	aang	ang	aang	aang	aang	aang	aang
鴨	[aːp?]	/ap/	??	aap	ab	aap	aap	aap	aap	aap
押	[aːt?]	/at/	??	aat	ad	aat	aat	aat	aat	aat
?	[aːk?]	/ak/	??	aak	ag	aak	aak	aak	aak	aak
矮	[?i]	/?i/	?	ai	ei	ai	ai	ai	ai	ai
歐	[?u]	/?u/	?	au	eo	au	au	au	au	au
庵	[?m]	/?m/	?/?	am	em	am	am	am	am	am/om
?	[?n]	/?n/	?	an	en	an	an	an	an	an
鶯	[?ŋ]	/?ŋ/	?	ang	eng	ang	ang	ang	ang	ang
?	[?p?]	/?p/	??	ap	eb	ap	ap	ap	ap	ap/op
兀	[?t?]	/?t/	??	at	ed	at	at	at	at	at
?	[?k?]	/?k/	??	ak	eg	ak	ak	ak	ak	ak
?	[?ː]	/?/	?	e	e	e	e	e	e	e
?	[ei]	/ei/	?	ei	ei	ei	ei	ei	ei	ei
( 掉 )*	[?ːu]	/?u/	??			eu	eu
( ? )*	[?ːm]	/?m/	??			em	em
( 円 )*	[?ːn]	/?n/	??			en	en
( ? )	[?ːŋ]	/?ŋ/	??	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng
( 夾 )*	[?ːp?]	/?p/	??			ep	ep
(　)	[?ːt?]	/?t/	??			et	et
( 尺 )	[?ːk?]	/?k/	??	ek	eg	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek
衣	[iː]	/i/	?	i	i	i	i	i	i	i
妖	[iːu]	/iu/	??	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu
淹	[iːm]	/im/	??	im	im	im	im	im	im	im
煙	[iːn]	/in/	??	in	in	in	in	in	in	in
英	[eŋ]	/eŋ/	?	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing
葉	[iːp?]	/ip/	??	ip	ib	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip
熱	[iːt?]	/it/	??	it	id	it	it	it	it	it
益	[ek?]	/ek/	??	ik	ig	ik	ik	ik	ik	ik
柯	[?ː]	/?/	?	o	o	o	o	o	oh	oh
哀	[?ːy]	/?i/	??	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi
奧	[ou]	/ou/	?	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	o	o
安	[?ːn]	/?n/	??	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
?	[?ːŋ]	/?ŋ/	?	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong
( 渴 )	[?ːt?]	/?t/	??	ot	od	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot
惡	[?ːk?]	/?k/	??	ok	og	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
烏	[uː]	/u/	?	u	u	u	u	u	oo	oo
?	[uːy]	/ui/	??	ui	ui	ui	ui	ui	ooi	ooi
碗	[uːn]	/un/	??	un	un	un	un	un	oon	oon
甕	[oŋ]	/uŋ/	??	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung
活	[uːt?]	/ut/	??	ut	ud	ut	ut	ut	oot	oot
屋	[ok?]	/uk/	??	uk	ug	uk	uk	uk	uk	uk
靴	[œː]	/œ/	?	eu	e	oe	oe	eu	euh	oeh
( 央 )	[œːŋ]	/œŋ/	?	eung	eng	oeng	oeng	eung	eung	eung
( 約 )	[œːk?]	/œk/	??	euk	eg	oek	oek	euk	euk	euk
( 銳 )	[?y]	/œy/	??	eue	eu	oey	eoi	eui	ui	ui
( 閏 )	[?n]	/œn/	?	eun	en	oen	eon	eun	un	un
( 律 )	[?t?]	/œt/	??	eut	ed	oet	eot	eut	ut	ut
於	[yː]	/y/	?	ue	u	y	yu	yu	ue	ue
?	[yːn]	/yn/	??	uen	un	yn	yun	yun	uen	uen
月	[yːt?]	/yt/	??	uet	ud	yt	yut	yut	uet	uet
?	[m?]	/m/	?	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
五	[ŋ?]	/ŋ/	?	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng

Tones [ edit ]

IPA	Jyutping	Cantonese Pinyin	Yale	Guangdong Romanization	Sidney Lau
iː	i1	i ¹	?	i ¹	i ^1˚
iː	i1	i ¹	i	i ¹	i ¹
?ː	i2	i ²	i	i ²	i ²
?ː	i3	i ³	i	i ³	i ³
i?ː	i4	i ⁴	ih	i ⁴	i ⁴
i?ː	i5	i ⁵	ih	i ⁵	i ⁵
iː	i6	i ⁶	ih	i ⁶	i ⁶
??k?	ik1	ik ⁷	?k	ig ¹	ik ¹
??k?	ik3	ik ⁸	ik	ig ³	ik ³
??k?	ik6	ik ⁹	ihk	ig ⁶	ik ⁶