| Chinese romanization |
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| Mandarin for Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin (ISO standard) EFEO Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Chinese Postal Map Romanization Tongyong Pinyin Wade–Giles Yale Legge romanization Simplified Wade Comparison chart |
| Cantonese for Standard Cantonese Guangdong Romanization Hong Kong Government Jyutping Meyer-Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanisation) Standard Cantonese Pinyin Standard Romanization Yale Barnett–Chao |
| Wu Long-short (romanization) Latin phonetic method of Shanghainese |
| Min Nan for Taiwanese, Amoy, and related Pe̍h-oē-jī for Hainanese Hainanhua Pinyin Fang'an for Teochew Peng'im |
| Min Dong for Fuzhou dialect Foochow Romanized |
| Hakka for Moiyan dialect Kejiahua Pinyin Fang'an For Siyen dialect Phak-fa-sṳ |
| See also: General Chinese (Chao Yuenren) Cyrillization Xiao'erjing Bopomofo Romanisation in Singapore Romanisation in the ROC |
Standard Romanization is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by Christian missionaries in South China in 1888. Publications in Standard Romanization have been issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society, the China Baptist Publication Society, and the Pakhoi Mission Press.
Contents |
Initials
| p [p] |
p' [pʰ] |
m [m] |
f [f] |
| t [t] |
t' [tʰ] |
n [n] |
l [l] |
| k [k] |
k' [kʰ] |
ng [ŋ] |
h [h] |
| ts [ts] |
ts' [tsʰ] |
s [s] |
sh [ɕ] |
| kw [kw] |
k'w [kʰw] |
y, i [j] |
oo, w [w] |
Finals
| a [aː] |
aai [aːi] |
aau [aːu] |
aam [aːm] |
aan [aːn] |
aang [aːŋ] |
aap [aːp] |
aat [aːt] |
aak [aːk] |
| ai [ɐi] |
au [ɐu] |
am, om [ɐm] |
an [ɐn] |
ang [ɐŋ] |
ap, op [ɐp] |
at [ɐt] |
ak [ɐk] |
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| e [ɛː] |
ei [ei] |
eng [ɛːŋ] |
ek [ɛːk] |
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| i, z [iː] |
iu [iːu] |
im [iːm] |
in [iːn] |
ing [ɪŋ] |
ip [iːp] |
it [iːt] |
ik [ɪk] |
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| oh [ɔː] |
oi [ɔːi] |
o [ou] |
on [ɔːn] |
ong [ɔːŋ] |
ot [ɔːt] |
ok [ɔːk] |
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| oo [uː] |
ooi [uːi] |
oon [uːn] |
ung [ʊŋ] |
oot [uːt] |
uk [ʊk] |
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| eu [œː] |
ui [ɵy] |
un [ɵn] |
eung [œːŋ] |
ut [ɵt] |
euk [œːk] |
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| ue [yː] |
uen [yːn] |
uet [yːt] |
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| m [m̩] |
ng [ŋ̩] |
- The finals m and ng can only be used as standalone nasal syllables.
- When h or k is an initial, om and op are used as the final, instead of am and ap.
- When s, ts or ts’ is the initial, and i is the final, the final is written z instead.
- When y is an initial, and i, iu, in, ip, it, or iu are used as finals, the y is omitted, resulting in i, iu, in, ip, it, and iu, but yik, and ying.
- When y is an initial, and ue, uen, or uet are finals, the y is omitted.
- When w is an initial, and oo, ooi, or oon are finals, the w is omitted.
- When i is an initial ending with ue begins a rime
- Unlike most modern Cantonese romanization systems, a distinction is made between 卅 and 沙. The former is represented by sa while the latter is written as sha.
Tones
Tones are indicated using diacritic marks. Of the entering tones, only the middle entering tone is indicated, while the upper entering and lower entering are merged with the upper even and lower even tones.
| Tone description | Diacritic | Example |
| Upper even | faan |
番 |
| Upper rising | faán | 反 |
| Upper going | faàn | 汎 |
| Lower even | faān | 凡 |
| Lower rising | maǎng | 猛 |
| Lower going | faân | 飯 |
| Middle entering | faat° | 法 |
References
- Roy T. Cowles (1999). A Pocket Dictionary of Cantonese 廣東話袖珍字典. Hong Kong University Press (香港大學出版社). ISBN 962-209-122-9.
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