Comparison of Cantonese transcription systems

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

Finals

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

Tones

IPA	Jyutping	ILE	Yale	Cantonese Transliteration Scheme	Sidney Lau
íː	i1	i¹	ī	i¹	i^1˚
îː	i1	i¹	ì	i¹	i¹
ǐː	i2	i²	í	i²	i²
īː	i3	i³	i	i³	i³
i̭ː	i4	i⁴	ìh	i⁴	i⁴
i̬ː	i5	i⁵	íh	i⁵	i⁵
ìː	i6	i⁶	ih	i⁶	i⁶
ɪ́k̚	ik1	ik⁷	īk	ig¹	ik¹
ɪ̄k̚	ik3	ik⁸	ik	ig³	ik³
ɪ̀k̚	ik6	ik⁹	ihk	ig⁶	ik⁶