Comparison of Cantonese romanization systems

Chinese romanization
Mandarin
Standard Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (ISO standard) EFEO Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Postal romanization Tongyong Pinyin Wade–Giles Yale romanization Lessing-Othmer Legge romanization Simplified Wade Comparison chart
Sichuanese Mandarin Sichuanese Pinyin Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz
Wu
Shanghai and Suzhou dialects Long-short
Wenzhounese Wenzhounese romanization
Yue
Cantonese Jyutping Yale romanization Guangdong Romanization Hong Kong Government Macau Government Meyer–Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanization) Cantonese Pinyin Standard Romanization Barnett–Chao Comparison chart
Southern Min
Taiwanese, Amoy and related Pe̍h-ōe-jī Modern Literal Taiwanese Phofsit Daibuun Bbánlám pìngyīm Daighi tongiong pingim TLPA Tâi-lô Comparison chart
Teochew Peng'im
Eastern Min
Fuzhou dialect Foochow Romanized
Northern Min
Jian'ou dialect Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Pu-Xian Min
Putian dialect Hinghwa Romanized
Hainanese
Haikou dialect Hainan Romanized
Wenchang dialect Hainanhua Pinyin Fang'an
Hakka
Meixian dialect Kejiahua Pinyin Fang'an Hagfa Pinyim
Sixian dialect Pha̍k-fa-sṳ TLPA
Gan
Chang-Du dialect Pha̍k-oa-chhi
See also
Other transliterations General Chinese Cyrillization Xiao'erjing 'Phags-pa script Bopomofo Taiwanese kana Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols Mongolian transliteration of Chinese characters Manchu transliteration Transcription into Chinese
By place Romanization in Hong Kong Romanization in Singapore Romanization in Taiwan

The chart below shows the difference between S. L. Wong (romanization), Guangdong Romanization, Cantonese Pinyin, Jyutping, Yale, Sidney Lau, Meyer–Wempe and New-French Latinization of Cantonese, With IPA and S. L. Wong phonetic symbols and Bopomofo Extended.

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Initials

	IPA	S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols	Bopomofo Extended	S. L. Wong Romanization	Guangdong Romanization	Cantonese Pinyin	Jyutping	Yale	Sidney Lau	Meyer– Wempe	New French- Latinization
巴	[p]	/b/	ㄅ	b	b	b	b	b	b	p	b
怕	[pʰ]	/p/	ㄆ	p	p	p	p	p	p	p'	p
媽	[m]	/m/	ㄇ	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
花	[f]	/f/	ㄈ	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f
打	[t]	/d/	ㄉ	d	d	d	d	d	d	t	d
他	[tʰ]	/t/	ㄊ	t	t	t	t	t	t	t'	t
那	[n]	/n/	ㄋ	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
啦	[l]	/l/	ㄌ	l	l	l	l	l	l	l	l
家	[k]	/g/	ㄍ	g	g	g	g	g	g	k	g
卡	[kʰ]	/k/	ㄎ	k	k	k	k	k	k	k'	k
牙	[ŋ]	/ŋ/	ㄫ	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng
蝦	[h]	/h/	ㄏ	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	h
將	[ts]	/dz/	ㄗ	dz	z	dz	z	j	j	ts	dz
張	[tɕ]	/dz₂/	ㄐ	dj	j	dz	z	j	j	ch	dź
鏘	[tsʰ]	/ts/	ㄘ	ts	c	ts	c	ch	ch	ts'	ts
昌	[tɕʰ]	/ts₂/	ㄑ	ch	q	ts	c	ch	ch	ch'	tś
士	[s]	/s/	ㄙ	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
是	[ɕ]	/s₂/	ㄒ	sh	x	s	s	s	s	sh	s
瓜	[kʷ]	/gw/	ㄍㄨ	gw	gu	gw	gw	gw	gw	kw	gu
誇	[kʷʰ]	/kw/	ㄎㄨ	kw	ku	kw	kw	kw	kw	k'w	ku
也	[j]	/j/	ㄧ	y	y	j	j	y	y	y/i	y	y
華	[w]	/w/	ㄨ	w	w	w	w	w	w	w/oo	w

Finals

	IPA	S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols	Bopomofo Extended	S. L. Wong Romanization	Guangdong Romanization	Cantonese Pinyin	Jyutping	Yale	Sidney Lau	Meyer– Wempe	New French- Latinization
呀	[aː]	/a/	ㄚ	a	a	aa	aa	a	a	a	a
挨	[aːi]	/ai/	ㄞ	aai	ai	aai	aai	aai	aai	aai	ai
拗	[aːu]	/au/	ㄠ	aau	ao	aau	aau	aau	aau	aau	au
啱	[aːm]	/am/	ㆰ	aam	am	aam	aam	aam	aam	aam	am
晏	[aːn]	/an/	ㄢ	aan	an	aan	aan	aan	aan	aan	an
罌	[aːŋ]	/aŋ/	ㄤ	aang	ang	aang	aang	aang	aang	aang	ang
鴨	[aːp̚]	/ap/	ㄚㆴ	aap	ab	aap	aap	aap	aap	aap	ap
押	[aːt̚]	/at/	ㄚㆵ	aat	ad	aat	aat	aat	aat	aat	at
軛	[aːk̚]	/ak/	ㄚㆶ	aak	ag	aak	aak	aak	aak	aak	ak
矮	[ɐi]	/ɐi/	ㄞ	ai	ei	ai	ai	ai	ai	ai	äi
歐	[ɐu]	/ɐu/	ㄠ	au	eo	au	au	au	au	au	äu
庵	[ɐm]	/ɐm/	ㆰ/ㆱ	am	em	am	am	am	am	am/om	äm
奀	[ɐn]	/ɐn/	ㄢ	an	en	an	an	an	an	an	än
鶯	[ɐŋ]	/ɐŋ/	ㄤ	ang	eng	ang	ang	ang	ang	ang	äng
噏	[ɐp̚]	/ɐp/	ㄚㆴ	ap	eb	ap	ap	ap	ap	ap/op	äp
兀	[ɐt̚]	/ɐt/	ㄚㆵ	at	ed	at	at	at	at	at	ät
搤	[ɐk̚]	/ɐk/	ㄚㆶ	ak	eg	ak	ak	ak	ak	ak	äk
誒	[ɛː]	/ɛ/	ㄝ	e	é	e	e	e	e	e	e
欸	[ei]	/ei/	ㄟ	ei	éi	ei	ei	ei	ei	ei	ëi
(掉)*	[ɛːu]	/ɛu/	ㄝㄨ			eu	eu				eu
(舔)*	[ɛːm]	/ɛm/	ㄝㆬ			em	em				em
(円)*	[ɛːn]	/ɛn/	ㄝㄣ			en	en				en
(贏)	[ɛːŋ]	/ɛŋ/	ㄝㆭ	eng	éng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng
(夾)*	[ɛːp̚]	/ɛp/	ㄝㆴ			ep	ep				ep
(　)	[ɛːt̚]	/ɛt/	ㄝㆵ			et	et				et
(尺)	[ɛːk̚]	/ɛk/	ㄝㆶ	ek	ég	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek
衣	[iː]	/i/	ㄧ	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	i
妖	[iːu]	/iu/	ㄧㄨ	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu
淹	[iːm]	/im/	ㄧㆬ	im	im	im	im	im	im	im	im
煙	[iːn]	/in/	ㄧㄣ	in	in	in	in	in	in	in	in
英	[ɪŋ]	/eŋ/	ㆬ	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ëng
葉	[iːp̚]	/ip/	ㄧㆴ	ip	ib	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip
熱	[iːt̚]	/it/	ㄧㆵ	it	id	it	it	it	it	it	it
益	[ɪk̚]	/ek/	ㄧㆶ	ik	ig	ik	ik	ik	ik	ik	ëk
柯	[ɔː]	/ɔ/	ㄛ	o	o	o	o	o	oh	oh	o
哀	[ɔːi]	/ɔi/	ㄛㄧ	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi/oü
奧	[ou]	/ou/	ㄡ	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	o	o	öu
安	[ɔːn]	/ɔn/	ㄛㄣ	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
盎	[ɔːŋ]	/ɔŋ/	ㆲ	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong
(渴)	[ɔːt̚]	/ɔt/	ㄛㆵ	ot	od	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot
惡	[ɔːk̚]	/ɔk/	ㄛㆶ	ok	og	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
烏	[uː]	/u/	ㄨ	u	u	u	u	u	oo	oo	u
煨	[uːi]	/ui/	ㄨㄧ	ui	ui	ui	ui	ui	ooi	ooi	ui/uü
碗	[uːn]	/un/	ㄨㄣ	un	un	un	un	un	oon	oon	un
甕	[ʊŋ]	/uŋ/	ㄛㆭ	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	öng
活	[uːt̚]	/ut/	ㄨㆵ	ut	ud	ut	ut	ut	oot	oot	ut
屋	[ʊk̚]	/uk/	ㄨㆶ	uk	ug	uk	uk	uk	uk	uk	ök
靴	[œː]	/œ/	ㄜ	eu	ê	oe	oe	eu	euh	oeh	œ
(央)	[œːŋ]	/œŋ/	ㄥ	eung	êng	oeng	oeng	eung	eung	eung	œng
(約)	[œːk̚]	/œk/	ㄜㆶ	euk	êg	oek	oek	euk	euk	euk	œk
(銳)	[ɵy]	/œy/	ㄜㄩ	eue	êu	oey	eoi	eui	ui	ui	œ̈ü
(閏)	[ɵn]	/œn/	ㄣ	eun	ên	oen	eon	eun	un	un	œ̈n
(律)	[ɵt̚]	/œt/	ㄛㆵ	eut	êd	oet	eot	eut	ut	ut	œ̈t
於	[yː]	/y/	ㄩ	ue	ü	y	yu	yu	ue	ue	ü
冤	[yːn]	/yn/	ㄩㄣ	uen	ün	yn	yun	yun	uen	uen	ün
月	[yːt̚]	/yt/	ㄩㆵ	uet	üd	yt	yut	yut	uet	uet	üt
唔	[m̩]	/m/	ㆬ	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
五	[ŋ̍]	/ŋ/	ㆭ	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng

Tones

Jyutping	Cantonese Pinyin	Yale	Guangdong Romanization	Sidney Lau	IPA
i¹	i¹	ī	i¹	i $^{1^{0}}$	íː
i¹	i¹	ì	i¹	i $^{1}$	îː
i²	i²	í	i²	i $^{2}$	ǐː
i³	i³	i	i³	i $^{{3}}$	īː
i⁴	i⁴	ìh	i⁴	i $^{4}$	i̭ː
i⁵	i⁵	íh	i⁵	i $^{5}$	i̬ː
i⁶	i⁶	ih	i⁶	i $^{6}$	ìː
ik¹	ik⁷	īk	ik¹	ik $^{1}$	ɪ́k̚
ik³	ik⁸	ik	ik³	ik $^{{3}}$	ɪ̄k̚
ik⁶	ik⁹	ihk	ik⁶	ik $^{6}$	ɪ̀k̚

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