Help:IPA/Cantonese

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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Cantonese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Cantonese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between , / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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Wikipedia key to pronunciation of Cantonese

The following tables list the International phonetic Alphabet used for Cantonese. Refer to {{IPAc-yue}} for a template converting Jyutping to IPA.

Key

Initial consonants IPA J Y Examples f f 一岩一窟 h h 離行離迾 j j y 佛都有火 k g 買少見少 kʰ k 騎牛揾馬 kʷ gw 望天打卦 kʷʰ kw 群埋 l l 發狼戾 m m 累人累物 n n 未有耐 ŋ ng 大安旨意 p b 詐傻扮懵 pʰ p 一鋪清袋 s s 落手落腳 t d 蚊都瞓 tʰ t 好好睇睇 ts z j 練精學懶 tsʰ c ch 無情白事 w w 話得埋

Vocalic finals IPA J Y Examples a aa a 安樂茶飯 aj aai 人細鬼大 aw aau 老貓燒鬚 ɛ e 火遮眼 ej ei 臨尾香 ɐj ai 窒頭窒勢 ɐw au 晏晝 i i 定時定候 iw iu 吊癮 ɔ o 做磨心 œ oe eu 鋸扒 ɔj oi 菠蘿蓋 ɔw ou 做好做醜 ɵɥ eoi eui 飲飽食醉 u u 姑勿論 uj ui 梅花間竹 y yu 剝光豬

Nasal finals IPA J Y Examples -m m m 本地薑唔辣 am aam 岩巉 ɐm am 飲頭啖湯 im im 沾寒沾凍 -n an aan 眉精眼企 ɐn an 有紋有路 in in 禮衣邊 ɵn eon eun 扭盡六壬 ɔn on 發錢寒 un un 摸門釘 yn yun 眼冤 -ŋ ŋ ng 五五波 aŋ aang 行差踏錯 ɐŋ ang 贈興 ɛŋ eng 瞓捩頸 ɪŋ ing 姿姿整整 ɔŋ ong 冇心裝載 œŋ oeng eung 嫌命長 ʊŋ ung 間中

Checked finals IPA J Y Examples -p̚ ap̚ aap 冇搭霎 ɐp̚ ap 落雨斯濕 ip̚ ip 疊埋心水 -t̚ at̚ aat 邋遢 ɐt̚ at 蕩失路 it̚ it 薄切切 ɵt̚ eot eut 卒之 ɔt̚ ot 渴市 ut̚ ut 眼闊肚窄 yt̚ yut 滑捋捋 -k̚ ak̚ aak 眉頭眼額 ɐk̚ ak 一日到黑 ɛk̚ ek 磨爛蓆 ɪk̚ ik 的起心肝 œk̚ oek euk 早走早着 ɔk̚ ok 倒錢落海 ʊk̚ uk 伏伊人

Tones
IPA	Numeric contours	Tonal categories	J	Y	Examples
˥	55	陰平	◌1	ū	頂心頂肺
˨˥	25	陰上	◌2	ú	威水史
˧	33	陰去	◌3	u	窿窿罅罅
˨˩	21	陽平	◌4	ùh	嫌錢腥
˨˧	23	陽上	◌5	úh	冇瓦遮頭
˨	22	陽去	◌6	uh	話頭醒尾

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} This list of consonant inventories and vowel inventories are based on 香港粵語大詞典 (2018). The transcriptions of vowels, consonants and tones in IPA, Jyutping (J) and Yale romanization (Y) are based on Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar, 2nd ed. (2011) and 香港粵語大詞典 (2018).
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Glosses are displayed over the dotted line. (Instructions: for desktop computers, hover your mouse cursor over it; for iOS mobile browsers, request desktop website on your toolbar and then click on the dotted line; for Android mobile browsers, it is unavailable). Vocabulary examples are drawn from 香港粵語大詞典 (2018).
3. ^ Omitted when it precedes the nucleus .
4. ^ appears as in other sources.
5. ^ appears as in other sources.
6. ^ appears as in other sources.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} The gliding non-syllables may be less explicitly transcribed with syllables, such that the non-syllabic represented as syllabic , as , and as .
8. ^ ^{a b c} appears as in other sources.
9. ^ The so-called 7th, 8th and 9th tones are not officially marked as such in Jyutping (J) and Yale romanization (Y). They are officially marked as the 1st, 3rd and 6th tones respectively.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} 張勵妍; 倪列懷; 潘禮美 (2018). 香港粵語大詞典. Hong Kong: 天地圖書. p. 648-650.
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Matthews, Stephen; Yip, Virginia (2011). Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar, 2nd edition. New York: Routledge. p. 461-463.
3. ^ 張勵妍; 倪列懷; 潘禮美 (2018). 香港粵語大詞典. Hong Kong: 天地圖書. p. 41-622.

See also

• Cantonese phonology
• Category:Pages with Cantonese IPA (330)