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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA" title="يتبنغ – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="يتبنغ" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiong-k%C3%A1ng_G%C3%AD-gi%C3%A2n-ha%CC%8Dk_Ha%CC%8Dk-h%C5%8De_Oa%CC%8Dt-g%C3%AD_Pheng-im_Hong-%C3%A0n" title="Hiong-káng Gí-giân-ha̍k Ha̍k-hōe Oa̍t-gí Pheng-im Hong-àn – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hiong-káng Gí-giân-ha̍k Ha̍k-hōe Oa̍t-gí Pheng-im Hong-àn" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF" title="جیوت‌پینگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جیوت‌پینگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%8D%EC%BD%A9_%EC%96%B8%EC%96%B4%ED%95%99_%ED%95%99%ED%9A%8C_%EC%9B%94%EC%96%B4_%EB%B3%91%EC%9D%8C_%EB%B0%A9%EC%95%88" title="홍콩 언어학 학회 월어 병음 방안 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="홍콩 언어학 학회 월어 병음 방안" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%92" title="יוטפנג – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="יוטפנג" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%B1tphing" title="Jűtphing – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Jűtphing" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3" title="Јитпинг – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јитпинг" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AA%9E%E8%A8%80%E5%AD%A6%E5%AD%A6%E4%BC%9A%E7%B2%A4%E8%AA%9E%E6%8B%BC%E9%9F%B3%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88" title="香港語言学学会粤語拼音方案 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="香港語言学学会粤語拼音方案" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%82%D0%BF%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Ютпхин – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Ютпхин" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Jyutping" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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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>The <b>Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known as <b>Jyutping</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Romanization" title="Romanization">romanisation</a> system for <a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Cantonese</a> developed in 1993 by the <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_Society_of_Hong_Kong" title="Linguistic Society of Hong Kong">Linguistic Society of Hong Kong</a> (LSHK). </p><p>The name <i>Jyutping</i> (itself the Jyutping romanisation of its Chinese name, <span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">粵拼</span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Contraction_(grammar)" title="Contraction (grammar)">contraction</a> of the official name, and it consists of the first <a href="/wiki/Chinese_characters" title="Chinese characters">Chinese characters</a> of the terms <i>jyut6 jyu5</i> (<span lang="yue"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B2%B5%E8%AA%9E#Cantonese" class="extiw" title="wikt:粵語">粵語</a></span>, meaning "<a href="/wiki/Yue_Chinese" title="Yue Chinese">Yue language</a>") and <i>ping3 jam1</i> (<span lang="yue"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%8B%BC%E9%9F%B3#Cantonese" class="extiw" title="wikt:拼音">拼音</a></span> "phonetic alphabet", also 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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">Cyrillization</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 class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">By place</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_name" title="Hong Kong name">Romanization in Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language_romanisation_in_Singapore" title="Chinese language romanisation in Singapore">Romanization in Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language_romanization_in_Taiwan" title="Chinese language romanization in Taiwan">Romanization in Taiwan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Transliteration_of_Chinese" title="Template:Transliteration of Chinese"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Transliteration_of_Chinese" title="Template talk:Transliteration of Chinese"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Transliteration_of_Chinese" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Transliteration of Chinese"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jyutping system<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> departs from all previous Cantonese romanisation systems (approximately 12, including <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morrison_(missionary)" title="Robert Morrison (missionary)">Robert Morrison's</a> pioneering work of 1828, and the widely used <a href="/wiki/Standard_Romanization_(Cantonese)" title="Standard Romanization (Cantonese)">Standard Romanization</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lau_romanisation" title="Sidney Lau romanisation">Sidney Lau</a> systems) by introducing z and c initials and the use of eo and oe in finals, as well as replacing the initial y, used in all previous systems, with j.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, it was updated to include the -a and -oet finals, to reflect syllables recognized as part of Cantonese phonology in 1997 by the Jyutping Work Group of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-lshkjyutping_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lshkjyutping-4"><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=Jyutping&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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">蛙</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>z<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">渣</span></span> </td> <td>c<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">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">沙</span></span> </td> <td>j<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">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=Jyutping&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <td>aa<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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">客</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>a<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐ/</span><br /><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping#endnote_1">[1]</a></sup> </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">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">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">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">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">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">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">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">塞</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <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">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">四</span></span> </td> <td>eu<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːu̯/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">掉</span></span><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping#endnote_2">[2]</a></sup> </td> <td>em<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːm/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">舐</span></span><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_3"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping#endnote_3">[3]</a></sup> </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">鄭</span></span> </td> <td>ep<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːp̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">夾</span></span><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_4"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping#endnote_4">[4]</a></sup> </td> <td>et<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">噼</span></span> </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">石</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <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">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">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">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">先</span></span> </td> <td>ing<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɪŋ/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">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">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">洩</span></span> </td> <td>ik<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɪk/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">識</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>o<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">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">開</span></span> </td> <td>ou<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">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">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">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">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">索</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>u<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">夫</span></span> </td> <td>ui<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">灰</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)">/uːn/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">寬</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">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)">/uːt̚/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">闊</span></span> </td> <td>uk<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ʊk/</span><br /><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">叔</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td>eoi<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">需</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>eon<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">詢</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>eot<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">摔</span></span> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <td>oe<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">鋸</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>oeng<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">商</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>oet<br /><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œːt̚/</span><br /><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_5"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping#endnote_5">[5]</a></sup> </td> <td>oek<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">削</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>yu<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">書</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>yun<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">孫</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>yut<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">雪</span></span> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <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">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">吳</span></span> </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td> <td>  </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Only the finals <i>m</i> and <i>ng</i> can be used as standalone <a href="/wiki/Nasal_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasal stop">nasal</a> syllables.</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^</a></b></span> Used for elided words in casual speech such as <i>a6</i> in 四十四 (<i>sei3 a6 sei3</i>), elided from <i>sei3 sap6 sei3</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lshkjyutping_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lshkjyutping-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^</a></b></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_3"><b><a href="#ref_3">^</a></b></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_4"><b><a href="#ref_4">^</a></b></span> Referring to the colloquial pronunciation of these words.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_5"><b><a href="#ref_5">^</a></b></span> Used for onomatopoeias such as <i>oet6</i> for belching or <i>goet4</i> for snoring.</li></ul> <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=Jyutping&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_phonology#Tones" title="Cantonese phonology">Cantonese phonology § Tones</a></div> <p>There are nine <a href="/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)" title="Tone (linguistics)">tones</a> in six distinct <a href="/wiki/Tone_contour" title="Tone contour">tone contours</a> in Cantonese. However, as three of the nine are <a href="/wiki/Checked_tone" title="Checked tone">entering tones</a> (<span lang="zh">入聲</span>; <i><span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">jap6 sing1</span></i>), which only appear in syllables ending with <i>p</i>, <i>t</i>, and <i>k</i>, they do not have separate tone numbers in Jyutping (though they do in <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantonese Pinyin">Cantonese Pinyin</a>; these are shown in parentheses in the table below). A mnemonic which some use to remember this is <span lang="zh-Hant">「風水到時我哋必發達」</span>; <i><span lang="yue-Latn-jyutping">fung1 seoi2 dou3 si4 ngo5 dei6 bit1 faat3 daat6</span></i> or "<a href="/wiki/Feng_shui" title="Feng shui">Feng Shui</a> [dictates that] we will be lucky." </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Tone_name" title="Tone name">Tone name</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">jam1 ping4</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陰平</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">jam1 soeng5</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陰上</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">jam1 heoi3</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陰去</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">joeng4 ping4</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陽平</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">joeng4 soeng5</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陽上</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">joeng4 heoi3</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陽去</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">gou1 jam1 jap6</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">高陰入</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">dai1 jam1 jap6</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">低陰入</span></span>) </th> <th colspan="2"><span class="nowrap">joeng4 jap6</span><br />(<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">陽入</span></span>) </th></tr> <tr> <th>(In English) </th> <td colspan="2">high level or high falling </td> <td colspan="2">mid rising </td> <td colspan="2">mid level </td> <td colspan="2">low falling </td> <td colspan="2">low rising </td> <td colspan="2">low level </td> <td colspan="2">entering high level </td> <td colspan="2">entering mid level </td> <td colspan="2">entering low level </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tone number </th> <td colspan="2">1</td> <td colspan="2">2</td> <td colspan="2">3 </td> <td colspan="2">4</td> <td colspan="2">5</td> <td colspan="2">6 </td> <td colspan="2">1 (7)</td> <td colspan="2">3 (8)</td> <td colspan="2">6 (9) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Tone_contour" title="Tone contour">Contour</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˥</span> 55</td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˥˧</span> 53</td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˧˥</span> 35</td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˧</span> 33 </td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˨˩</span> 21</td> <td><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˩</span> 11</td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˩˧</span> 13</td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˨</span> 22 </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˥</span> 5</td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˧</span> 3</td> <td colspan="2"><span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">˨</span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">Character example </th> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">分</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">詩</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">粉</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">史</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">訓</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">試</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">焚</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">時</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">奮</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">市</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">份</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">是</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">忽</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">識</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">發</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">錫</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">佛</span></span></td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">食</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>fan1</td> <td>si1 </td> <td>fan2</td> <td>si2 </td> <td>fan3</td> <td>si3 </td> <td>fan4</td> <td>si4 </td> <td>fan5</td> <td>si5 </td> <td>fan6</td> <td>si6 </td> <td>fat1</td> <td>sik1 </td> <td>faat3</td> <td>sek3 </td> <td>fat6</td> <td>sik6 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison_with_Yale_romanisation">Comparison with Yale romanisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Comparison with Yale romanisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jyutping and the <a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Cantonese" title="Yale romanization of Cantonese">Yale Romanisation of Cantonese</a> represent Cantonese pronunciations with the same letters in: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Initial_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Initial (linguistics)">initials</a>: <i>b</i>, <i>p</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>f</i>, <i>d</i>, <i>t</i>, <i>n</i>, <i>l</i>, <i>g</i>, <i>k</i>, <i>ng</i>, <i>h</i>, <i>s</i>, <i>gw</i>, <i>kw</i>, <i>w</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowel</a>: <i>aa</i> (except when used alone), <i>a</i>, <i>e</i>, <i>i</i>, <i>o</i>, <i>u</i>, <i>yu</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Nasal_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasal stop">nasal stop</a>: <i>m</i>, <i>ng</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Syllable_coda" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable coda">coda</a>: <i>i</i>, <i>u</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>n</i>, <i>ng</i>, <i>p</i>, <i>t</i>, <i>k</i>.</li></ul> <p>But they differ in the following: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowels</a> <i>eo</i> and <i>oe</i> represent <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵ/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œː/</span> respectively in Jyutping, whereas the <i>eu</i> represents both vowels in Yale.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Initial_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Initial (linguistics)">initial</a> <i>j</i> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/j/</span> in Jyutping whereas <i>y</i> is used instead in Yale.</li> <li>The initial <i>z</i> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ts/</span> in Jyutping whereas <i>j</i> is used instead in Yale.</li> <li>The initial <i>c</i> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tsʰ/</span> in Jyutping whereas <i>ch</i> is used instead in Yale.</li> <li>In Jyutping, if no <a href="/wiki/Consonant" title="Consonant">consonant</a> precedes the vowel <i>yu</i>, then the initial <i>j</i> is appended before the vowel. In Yale, the corresponding initial <i>y</i> is never appended before <i>yu</i> under any circumstances.</li> <li>Jyutping defines five <a href="/wiki/Final_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Final (linguistics)">finals</a> not in Yale: <i>a</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɐ/</span><i>, eu</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːu/</span>, <i>em</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːm/</span>, <i>ep</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɛːp/</span>, oet <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œːt/</span>. These finals are used in colloquial Cantonese words, such as <i>deu6</i> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">掉</span></span>), <i>lem2</i> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">舐</span></span>), and <i>gep6</i> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">夾</span></span>).</li> <li>To represent <a href="/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)" title="Tone (linguistics)">tones</a>, only tone numbers are used in Jyutping whereas Yale traditionally uses tone marks together with the letter <i>h</i> (though tone numbers can be used in Yale as well).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison_with_Cantonese_pinyin">Comparison with Cantonese pinyin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Comparison with Cantonese pinyin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jyutping and <a href="/wiki/Cantonese_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Cantonese Pinyin">Cantonese Pinyin</a> represent Cantonese pronunciations with the same letters in: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Initial_(linguistics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Initial (linguistics)">initials</a>: <i>b</i>, <i>p</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>f</i>, <i>d</i>, <i>t</i>, <i>n</i>, <i>l</i>, <i>g</i>, <i>k</i>, <i>ng</i>, <i>h</i>, <i>s</i>, <i>gw</i>, <i>kw</i>, <i>j</i>, <i>w</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowel</a>: <i>aa</i>, <i>a</i>, <i>e</i>, <i>i</i>, <i>o</i>, <i>u</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Nasal_stop" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasal stop">nasal stop</a>: <i>m</i>, <i>ng</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Syllable_coda" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable coda">coda</a>: <i>i</i> (except for its use in the <a href="/wiki/Syllable_coda" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable coda">coda</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> in Jyutping; see below), <i>u</i>, <i>m</i>, <i>n</i>, <i>ng</i>, <i>p</i>, <i>t</i>, <i>k</i>.</li></ul> <p>But they have some differences: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Vowel" title="Vowel">vowel</a> <i>oe</i> represents both <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵ/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œː/</span> in Cantonese Pinyin whereas <i>eo</i> and <i>oe</i> represent <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ɵ/</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/œː/</span> respectively in Jyutping.</li> <li>The vowel <i>y</i> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/y/</span> in Cantonese Pinyin whereas both <i>yu</i> (used in the <a href="/wiki/Syllable_nucleus" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable nucleus">nucleus</a>) and <i>i</i> (used in the <a href="/wiki/Syllable_coda" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable coda">coda</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Syllable_rime#Syllable_final" class="mw-redirect" title="Syllable rime">final</a> -<i>eoi</i>) are used in Jyutping.</li> <li>The initial <i>dz</i> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/ts/</span> in Cantonese Pinyin whereas <i>z</i> is used instead in Jyutping.</li> <li>The initial <i>ts</i> represents <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/tsʰ/</span> in Cantonese Pinyin whereas <i>c</i> is used instead in Jyutping.</li> <li>To represent <a href="/wiki/Tone_(linguistics)" title="Tone (linguistics)">tones</a>, the numbers 1 to 9 are usually used in Cantonese Pinyin, although the use of 1, 3, 6 to replace 7, 8, 9 for the <a href="/wiki/Checked_tone" title="Checked tone">checked tones</a> is acceptable. However, only the numbers 1 to 6 are used in Jyutping.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional Chinese character">Traditional</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Simplified Chinese character">Simplified</a> </th> <th>Romanization </th></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">廣州話</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hans">广州话</span></span> </td> <td>gwong2 zau1 waa2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">粵語</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hans">粤语</span></span> </td> <td>jyut6 jyu5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">你好</span></span> </td> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hans">你好</span></span> </td> <td>nei5 hou2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sample transcription of one of the <a href="/wiki/Three_Hundred_Tang_Poems" title="Three Hundred Tang Poems"><i>300 Tang Poems</i></a>: </p> <table style="margin:auto; font-size:larger; text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="200"><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%98%A5%E6%9B%89" class="extiw" title="wikt:春曉">春曉</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Meng_Haoran" title="Meng Haoran">孟浩然</a></small></span></span></th> <th>ceon1 hiu2<br /><small>maang6 hou6 jin4</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">春眠不覺曉，</span></span></td> <td>ceon1 min4 bat1 gok3 hiu2, </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">處處聞啼鳥。</span></span></td> <td>cyu3 cyu3 man4 tai4 niu5. </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">夜來風雨聲，</span></span></td> <td>je6 loi4 fung1 jyu5 sing1, </td></tr> <tr> <td><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue-Hant">花落知多少？</span></span></td> <td>faa1 lok6 zi1 do1 siu2? </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jyutping_input_method">Jyutping input method</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jyutping input method"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Jyutping method</b> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">粵拼輸入法</span>) refers to a family of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_input_methods_for_computers" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese input methods for computers">input methods</a> based on the Jyutping romanization system. </p><p>The Jyutping method allows a user to input Chinese characters by entering the Jyutping romanization of a Chinese character (with or without tone, depending on the system) and then presenting the user with a list of possible characters with that pronunciation. </p><p>As of <a href="/wiki/MacOS_Ventura" title="MacOS Ventura">macOS Ventura</a>, Jyutping input with <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional Chinese">Traditional Chinese</a> now comes standard on <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> under the name "Phonetic – Cantonese". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_Jyutping_keyboard_input_utilities">List of Jyutping keyboard input utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: List of Jyutping keyboard input utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.typeduck.hk/">TypeDuck</a> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">TypeDuck 打得粵拼輸入法</span></span>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jyutping.com">Online Jyutping Input Method</a> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">網上粵拼輸入法</span></span>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/webime_select.php">MDBG Type Chinese</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hku.hk/linguist/staff/kkl_cime.htm">Red Dragonfly</a> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">紅蜻蜓粵語拼音詞語輸入法</span></span>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070609032851/http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~domingo2/Chinese.html">LSHK Jyutping</a> for <a href="/wiki/Mac_(computer)" title="Mac (computer)">Mac</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_9" title="Mac OS 9">Mac OS 9</a> and <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>) (The page also includes Yale input version 0.2)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pinyinjoe.com/faq/microsoft-office-2010-new-phonetic-cangjie-cantonese-jyutping-ime-update.htm">Hong Kong Cantonese 2010</a> (via <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30390">Microsoft Office IME 2010</a>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://input.foruto.com/cccls/hkctv10.html">Canton Easy Input</a> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">粵語拼音輸入法</span></span>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cpime.hk/p/cantonese-pinyin-input-software.html?lang=en">Cantonese Phonetic IME</a> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">廣東話拼音輸入法</span></span>) (also called 'Cantonese Phonetic IME (CPIME) Jyutping' in Windows 10<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rime.im/">RIME</a> (<span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">小狼毫輸入法引擎</span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gboard" title="Gboard">Gboard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lshk.org/node/47">the original</a> on 26 April 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Jyutping+Scheme&rft.pub=The+Linguistic+Society+of+Hong+Kong&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lshk.org%2Fnode%2F47&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJyutping" 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 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>: 94–98.</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.pages=94-98&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Kataoka&rft.aufirst=Shin&rft.au=Lee%2C+Cream&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJyutping" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lshkjyutping-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lshkjyutping_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lshkjyutping_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLinguistic_Society_of_Hong_Kong" class="citation web cs1">Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240316043551/https://lshk.org/jyutping-scheme/">"Jyutping Cantonese Romanization Scheme 粵拼方案制定的背景"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lshk.org/jyutping-scheme/">the original</a> on 2024-03-16<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2024-04-03</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Jyutping+Cantonese+Romanization+Scheme+%E7%B2%B5%E6%8B%BC%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88%E5%88%B6%E5%AE%9A%E7%9A%84%E8%83%8C%E6%99%AF&rft.au=Linguistic+Society+of+Hong+Kong&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flshk.org%2Fjyutping-scheme%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJyutping" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Matthews, S.; Yip, V. <i>Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar</i>; London: Routledge, 1994</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pinyinjoe.com/faq/windows-10-cantonese-phonetic-ime-cpime.htm">FAQ: How to select Cantonese Phonetic IME (CPIME) in Windows 10</a></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZee1999" class="citation book cs1">Zee, Eric (1999). <i>Handbook of the International Phonetic Association</i>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 58–60. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0521652367" title="Special:BookSources/0521652367"><bdi>0521652367</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Handbook+of+the+International+Phonetic+Association&rft.place=Cambridge&rft.pages=58-60&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=0521652367&rft.aulast=Zee&rft.aufirst=Eric&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJyutping" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jyutping&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lshk.org/jyutping-scheme/">Official website</a>, from the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong</li></ul> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/jyutping.htm">Jyutping Pronunciation Guide</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://input.foruto.com/ccc/jyt/"><span title="Yue Chinese-language text"><span lang="yue">粵語拼盤</span></span></a>: Learning the phonetic system of Cantonese</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/">Chinese Character Database (Phonologically Disambiguated According to the Cantonese Dialect)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/">The CantoDict Project</a> is a dedicated Cantonese-Mandarin-English online dictionary which uses Jyutping by default</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chardict">MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary (supports both Jyutping and Yale romanization)</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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