विकिपीडिया:IPA for Cantonese

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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Cantonese pronunciations in Wikipedia articles.

See Cantonese phonology for a more thorough look at the sounds of Cantonese. Please note that English equivalents given in this page may only represent very approximate sounds to the original pronunciations.

IPA Yale Jyutping Chinese English approximation Consonants f f 風 fan h h 客 house j y j 月 you k g-, -k 角 scan kʰ k 卡 can kʷ gw 郭 squeak kʷʰ kw 規 quick l l 落 leaf m m 莫 moon m̩ m 唔 mm n n 男 noon ŋ ng 疼 song ŋ̍ ng 我 (syllabic ng) p b-, -p 班 span pʰ p 拍 pan s s 水 saw ɕ 先 she (before i, yu) t d-, -t 達 stand tʰ t 拖 tan ts j z 雀 cats tɕ 之 beach (before i, yu) tsʰ ch c 桌 tsunami tɕʰ 淺 cheap (before i, yu) w w 活 water ʔ (before a, e, o) oh-oh! All of these consonants may begin a syllable, though some speakers do not have [n, ŋ]. In addition, [p t k m n (ŋ)] may end one.

IPA Yale Jyutping Chinese English approximation Vowels aː aa, -a aa 牙 father aːi aai 界 time aːu aau 交 how ɐ a 甩 cut ɐi ai 梯 kite ɐu au 勾 house (Canadian) ei ei 悲 hey ɛː e 些 yes ɛːu — eu Spanish eu ɪ i 色 sing, sick iː 思 see iːu iu 橋 eww! ou ou 好 hoe ɔː o 婆 war ɔːi oi 海 boy œː eu oe 靴 German öh, French eu ɵ eo German ö, French eu ɵy eui eoi 去 F. euille, ≈ G. eu ʊ u 福 look uː 烏 food uːi ui 雷 phooey yː yu 於 German ü, French u IPA Yale Jyutping Chinese Description Tones sí sī 1 思 high level: si˥ sî sì high falling: si˥˧ sǐ sí 2 史 mid rising: si˨˥ sī si 3 試 mid level: si˧ si̭ sìh 4 時 low falling: si˨˩ or very low: si˩ si̬ síh 5 市 low rising: si˨˧ sì sih 6 是 low level: si˨ sík sīk 1 色 high checked: sik˥ sīk sik 3 舌 mid checked: sik˧ sìk sihk 6 食 low checked: sik˨