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L. Wong (phonetic symbols)">S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._L._Wong_(romanisation)" title="S. L. Wong (romanisation)">S. L. Wong (romanisation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantonese_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantonese Pinyin">Cantonese Pinyin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_Romanization_(Cantonese)" title="Standard Romanization (Cantonese)">Standard Romanisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnett%E2%80%93Chao" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnett–Chao">Barnett–Chao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_Cantonese_romanization_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Comparison of Cantonese romanization systems"> <i>Comparison chart</i></a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Min_Chinese" title="Min Chinese">Min</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" 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Scheme</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Min" title="Northern Min">Northern Min</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kienning_Colloquial_Romanized" title="Kienning Colloquial Romanized">Kienning Colloquial Romanised</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Pu-Xian_Min" class="mw-redirect" title="Pu-Xian Min">Pu-Xian Min</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hinghwa_Romanized" title="Hinghwa Romanized">Hinghwa Romanised</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hainanese" title="Hainanese">Hainanese</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hainan_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Hainan Romanized">Hainan Romanised</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haikou_dialect" title="Haikou dialect">Haikou dialect</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hainanese_Transliteration_Scheme" title="Hainanese Transliteration Scheme">Hainanese Transliteration Scheme</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wenchang_dialect" title="Wenchang dialect">Wenchang dialect</a>)</li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Shao%E2%80%93Jiang_Min" title="Shao–Jiang Min">Shao–Jiang Min</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romanized_Shaowu" title="Romanized 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class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Chinese#Character-based_General_Chinese" title="General Chinese">Character-based General Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrillization_of_Chinese" title="Cyrillization of Chinese">Cyrillisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xiao%27erjing" title="Xiao'erjing">Xiao'erjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BCPhags-pa_script" title="ʼPhags-pa script">ʼPhags-pa script</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_kana" title="Taiwanese kana">Taiwanese kana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Phonetic_Symbols" title="Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols">Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transcription_into_Chinese_characters" title="Transcription into Chinese characters">Transcription into Chinese</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div 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.side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><div class="side-box metadata side-box-right noprint selfref"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">This article contains <b><a href="/wiki/Phonetic_transcription" title="Phonetic transcription">phonetic transcriptions</a> in the <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> (IPA)</b>. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">Help:IPA</a>. For the distinction between <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ ]</span>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ /</span> and ⟨<span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"> </span>⟩, see <a href="/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet#Brackets_and_transcription_delimiters" title="International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters</a>.</div></div> </div> <p><b>Sidney Lau romanisation</b> is a system of romanisation for <a href="/wiki/Standard_Cantonese" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Cantonese">Cantonese</a> that was developed in the 1970s by <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lau" title="Sidney Lau">Sidney Lau</a> for teaching Cantonese to Hong Kong Government expatriates. It is based on the Hong Kong Government's <a href="/wiki/Standard_Romanization_(Cantonese)" title="Standard Romanization (Cantonese)">Standard Romanisation</a> which was the result of the work of <a href="/wiki/James_Dyer_Ball" title="James Dyer Ball">James D. Ball</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Johann_Eitel" title="Ernst Johann Eitel">Ernst J. Eitel</a> about a century earlier. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Innovation">Innovation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sidney_Lau_romanisation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Innovation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lau's romanisation indicates tonality with superscript numbers, so no <a href="/wiki/Diacritics" class="mw-redirect" title="Diacritics">diacritics</a> are required.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His system was a plain attempt at simplification which proved popular with western learners of Cantonese as a second language and was initially the system of romanisation adopted by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong" title="University of Hong Kong">University of Hong Kong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the university now employs the <a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a> system for its Cantonese courses.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Initials">Initials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sidney_Lau_romanisation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Initials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <td>b<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/p/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">巴</span></span> </td> <td>p<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/pʰ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">怕</span></span> </td> <td>m<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/m/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">媽</span></span> </td> <td>f<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/f/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">花</span></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>d<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/t/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">打</span></span> </td> <td>t<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tʰ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">他</span></span> </td> <td>n<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/n/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">那</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>l<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/l/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">啦</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>g<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/k/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">家</span></span> </td> <td>k<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/kʰ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">卡</span></span> </td> <td>ng<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">牙</span></span> </td> <td>h<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/h/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">蝦</span></span> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>gw<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/kʷ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">瓜</span></span> </td> <td>kw<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/kʷʰ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">誇</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>w<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/w/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">蛙</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>j<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ts/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">渣</span></span> </td> <td>ch<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tsʰ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">叉</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td>s<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/s/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">沙</span></span> </td> <td>y<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">也</span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finals">Finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sidney_Lau_romanisation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his system, Lau treats /ɵ/ and /o/ as allophones of one phoneme represented with "u", while they are often respectively regarded as allophones of /œ:/ and /u:/ in other systems.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2"> </th> <th colspan="9">Coda </th></tr> <tr> <th>∅</th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/i/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/u/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/m/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/n/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ŋ/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/p̚/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/t̚/</span></th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/k̚/</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="10">Vowel </th> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aː/</span> </th> <td>a<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">沙</span></span> </td> <td>aai<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːi̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">徙</span></span> </td> <td>aau<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːu̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">梢</span></span> </td> <td>aam<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːm/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">三</span></span> </td> <td>aan<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">山</span></span> </td> <td>aang<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">坑</span></span> </td> <td>aap<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːp̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">圾</span></span> </td> <td>aat<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">剎</span></span> </td> <td>aak<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/aːk̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">客</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐ/</span> </th> <td>  </td> <td>ai<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐi̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">西</span></span> </td> <td>au<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐu̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">收</span></span> </td> <td>am<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐm/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">心</span></span> </td> <td>an<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">新</span></span> </td> <td>ang<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">笙</span></span> </td> <td>ap<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐp̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">濕</span></span> </td> <td>at<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">失</span></span> </td> <td>ak<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐk̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">塞</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛː/</span><br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/e/</span> </th> <td>e<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">些</span></span> </td> <td>ei<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ei̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">四</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>eng<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">鄭</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>ek<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːk̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">石</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span> </th> <td>i<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">詩</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>iu<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iːu̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">消</span></span> </td> <td>im<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iːm/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">閃</span></span> </td> <td>in<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iːn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">先</span></span> </td> <td>ing<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/eŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">星</span></span> </td> <td>ip<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iːp̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">攝</span></span> </td> <td>it<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/iːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">洩</span></span> </td> <td>ik<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ek̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">識</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔː/</span> </th> <td>oh<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">疏</span></span> </td> <td>oi<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔːy̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">開</span></span> </td> <td>o<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ou̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">蘇</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>on<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔːn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">看</span></span> </td> <td>ong<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔːŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">康</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>ot<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">喝</span></span> </td> <td>ok<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɔːk̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">索</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/uː/</span> </th> <td>oo<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/uː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">夫</span></span> </td> <td>ooi<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/uːy̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">灰</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>oon<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/uːn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">寬</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>oot<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/uːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">闊</span></span> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵ/</span><br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʊ/</span> </th> <td>  </td> <td>ui<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵy̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">需</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>un<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">詢</span></span> </td> <td>ung<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʊŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">鬆</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>ut<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">摔</span></span> </td> <td>uk<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʊk̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">叔</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œː/</span> </th> <td>euh<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">靴</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>eung<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œːŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">商</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>euk<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œːk̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">削</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/yː/</span> </th> <td>ue<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/yː/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">書</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>uen<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/yːn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">孫</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>uet<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/yːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">雪</span></span> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th>∅ </th> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>m<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/m̩/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">唔</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>ng<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ŋ̩/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">五</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tones">Tones</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sidney_Lau_romanisation&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Tone symbol </th> <th rowspan="2">Tone description </th> <th colspan="3">Example </th></tr> <tr> <th>Romanization </th> <th>Word </th> <th>Meaning </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1° or N° </td> <td rowspan="2">high flat </td> <td>si<sup>1°</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">詩</span></span> </td> <td>poem </td></tr> <tr> <td>ga<sup>1</sup> je<sup>2°</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">家姐</span></span> </td> <td>elder sister </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>high falling </td> <td>tim<sup>1</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">添</span></span> </td> <td>final <a href="/wiki/Particle_(grammar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Particle (grammar)">particle</a> expressing <p>the idea of addition or regret. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2 or N* </td> <td rowspan="2">mid rising </td> <td>si<sup>2</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">史</span></span> </td> <td>history </td></tr> <tr> <td>dik<sup>1</sup> si<sup>6*</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">的士</span></span> </td> <td>taxi </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>mid flat </td> <td>si<sup>3</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">試</span></span> </td> <td>try </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>low falling </td> <td>si<sup>4</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">時</span></span> </td> <td>time </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>low rising </td> <td>si<sup>5</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">市</span></span> </td> <td>city </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>low flat </td> <td>si<sup>6</sup> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-HK">是</span></span> </td> <td>is </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>1° indicates the high flat tone. If ° appears after any other tones, it signifies a changed tone and that the word is to be pronounced as 1°, but 1° is not the original/normal tone of the word. 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Sidney Lau<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 April</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pronunciation+Guide+%E2%80%93+Initials&rft.pub=Sidney+Lau&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsidneylau.com%2Fen%2Fsidney-lau-cantonese-romanization-system-pronunciation-guide-initials.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASidney+Lau+romanisation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKataokaLee2008" class="citation journal cs1">Kataoka, Shin; Lee, Cream (2008). "A System without a System: Cantonese Romanization Used in Hong Kong Place and Personal Names". <i>Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics</i>. <b>11</b>. Chinese University of Hong Kong.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hong+Kong+Journal+of+Applied+Linguistics&rft.atitle=A+System+without+a+System%3A+Cantonese+Romanization+Used+in+Hong+Kong+Place+and+Personal+Names&rft.volume=11&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Kataoka&rft.aufirst=Shin&rft.au=Lee%2C+Cream&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASidney+Lau+romanisation" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.chinese.hku.hk/main/chinese-language-centre/certificate-in-chinese-language-courses-for-foreign-students/">"Certificate in Chinese Language courses for foreign students"</a>. <i>School of Chinese</i>. 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