Comparison of Cantonese romanization systems

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Romanization of Chinese
Mandarin
Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin 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 Sichuanese Pinyin Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz
Wu
General Wu Romanization of Wu Chinese
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
Min
Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī Modern Literal Taiwanese Phofsit Daibuun Habhunwe Latinxua Sin Bhundzi Bbánlám pìngyīm Daighi tongiong pingim TLPA Tâi-lô Comparison chart
Teochew Peng'im Pe̍h-ūe-jī
Fuzhounese Foochow Romanized Fuzhou Transliteration Scheme
Northern Min Kienning Colloquial Romanized
Pu-Xian Min Hinghwa Romanized
Hainanese Hainan Romanized (Haikou dialect) Hainanese Transliteration Scheme (Wenchang dialect)
Gan
Nanchang-Duchang dialect Pinfa
Hakka
Meixian dialect Pinfa Hagfa Pinyim
Sixian dialect Pha̍k-fa-sṳ TLPA
Xiang
Chang–Yi dialects Pinfa
Polylectal
General Chinese Romanized General Chinese
See also
Other transliterations Character-based General Chinese Cyrillization Xiao'erjing 'Phags-pa script Bopomofo Taiwanese kana Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols Transcription into Chinese
By place Romanization in Hong Kong Romanization in Singapore Romanization in Taiwan
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The chart below shows the difference between S. L. Wong (romanization), Guangdong Romanization, Cantonese Pinyin, Jyutping, Yale, Sidney Lau, Meyer–Wempe, along with IPA, S. L. Wong phonetic symbols and Cantonese Bopomofo.

Chart

Initials

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

Finals

	IPA	S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols	Bopomofo Extended	S. L. Wong Romanization	Guangdong Romanization	Cantonese Pinyin	Jyutping	Yale	Sidney Lau	Meyer– Wempe
呀		/a/	ㄚ	a	a	aa	aa	a	a	a
挨		/ai/	ㄞ	aai	ai	aai	aai	aai	aai	aai
拗		/au/	ㄠ	aau	ao	aau	aau	aau	aau	aau
啱		/am/	ㆰ	aam	am	aam	aam	aam	aam	aam
晏		/an/	ㄢ	aan	an	aan	aan	aan	aan	aan
罌		/aŋ/	ㄤ	aang	ang	aang	aang	aang	aang	aang
鴨		/ap/	ㄚㆴ	aap	ab	aap	aap	aap	aap	aap
押		/at/	ㄚㆵ	aat	ad	aat	aat	aat	aat	aat
軛		/ak/	ㄚㆶ	aak	ag	aak	aak	aak	aak	aak
矮		/ɐi/	ㄞ	ai	ei	ai	ai	ai	ai	ai
歐		/ɐu/	ㄠ	au	eo	au	au	au	au	au
庵		/ɐm/	ㆰ/ㆱ	am	em	am	am	am	am	am/om
奀		/ɐn/	ㄢ	an	en	an	an	an	an	an
鶯		/ɐŋ/	ㄤ	ang	eng	ang	ang	ang	ang	ang
噏		/ɐp/	ㄚㆴ	ap	eb	ap	ap	ap	ap	ap/op
兀		/ɐt/	ㄚㆵ	at	ed	at	at	at	at	at
搤		/ɐk/	ㄚㆶ	ak	eg	ak	ak	ak	ak	ak
誒		/ɛ/	ㄝ	e	é	e	e	e	e	e
欸		/ei/	ㄟ	ei	éi	ei	ei	ei	ei	ei
(掉)*		/ɛu/	ㄝㄨ			eu	eu
(舔)*		/ɛm/	ㄝㆬ			em	em
(円)*		/ɛn/	ㄝㄣ			en	en
(贏)		/ɛŋ/	ㄝㆭ	eng	éng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng
(夾)*		/ɛp/	ㄝㆴ			ep	ep
(　)		/ɛt/	ㄝㆵ			et	et
(尺)		/ɛk/	ㄝㆶ	ek	ég	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek
衣		/i/	ㄧ	i	i	i	i	i	i	i
妖		/iu/	ㄧㄨ	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu
淹		/im/	ㄧㆬ	im	im	im	im	im	im	im
煙		/in/	ㄧㄣ	in	in	in	in	in	in	in
英		/eŋ/	ㆬ	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing
葉		/ip/	ㄧㆴ	ip	ib	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip
熱		/it/	ㄧㆵ	it	id	it	it	it	it	it
益		/ek/	ㄧㆶ	ik	ig	ik	ik	ik	ik	ik
柯		/ɔ/	ㄛ	o	o	o	o	o	oh	oh
哀		/ɔi/	ㄛㄧ	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi
奧		/ou/	ㄡ	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	o	o
安		/ɔn/	ㄛㄣ	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
盎		/ɔŋ/	ㆲ	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong
(渴)		/ɔt/	ㄛㆵ	ot	od	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot
惡		/ɔk/	ㄛㆶ	ok	og	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
烏		/u/	ㄨ	u	u	u	u	u	oo	oo
煨		/ui/	ㄨㄧ	ui	ui	ui	ui	ui	ooi	ooi
碗		/un/	ㄨㄣ	un	un	un	un	un	oon	oon
甕		/uŋ/	ㄛㆭ	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung
活		/ut/	ㄨㆵ	ut	ud	ut	ut	ut	oot	oot
屋		/uk/	ㄨㆶ	uk	ug	uk	uk	uk	uk	uk
靴		/œ/	ㄜ	eu	ê	oe	oe	eu	euh	oeh
(央)		/œŋ/	ㄥ	eung	êng	oeng	oeng	eung	eung	eung
(約)		/œk/	ㄜㆶ	euk	êg	oek	oek	euk	euk	euk
(銳)		/œy/	ㄜㄩ	eue	êu	oey	eoi	eui	ui	ui
(閏)		/œn/	ㄣ	eun	ên	oen	eon	eun	un	un
(律)		/œt/	ㄛㆵ	eut	êd	oet	eot	eut	ut	ut
於		/y/	ㄩ	ue	ü	y	yu	yu	ue	ue
冤		/yn/	ㄩㄣ	uen	ün	yn	yun	yun	uen	uen
月		/yt/	ㄩㆵ	uet	üd	yt	yut	yut	uet	uet
唔		/m/	ㆬ	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
五		/ŋ/	ㆭ	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng

Tones

IPA	Jyutping	Cantonese Pinyin	Yale	Guangdong Romanization	Sidney Lau	Spanish Romanization
íː	i1	i1	ī	i1	i1˚	hou
îː	i1	i1	ì	i1	i1	hou
ǐː	i2	i2	í	i2	i2	hoú
īː	i3	i3	i	i3	i3	hou
i̭ː	i4	i4	ìh	i4	i4	hou
i̬ː	i5	i5	íh	i5	i5	hoú
ìː	i6	i6	ih	i6	i6	hou
ɪ́k̚	ik1	ik7	īk	ig1	ik1	sɇk
ɪ̄k̚	ik3	ik8	ik	ig3	ik3	sɇk
ɪ̀k̚	ik6	ik9	ihk	ig6	ik6	sɇk