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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.
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Initials
| IPA | S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols |
Bopomofo Extended |
S. L. Wong Romanization |
Guangdong Romanization |
Cantonese Pinyin |
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 Extended | S. L. Wong Romanization |
Guangdong Romanization |
Cantonese Pinyin |
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 | Cantonese Pinyin |
Yale | Guangdong Romanization |
Sidney Lau |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| íː | i1 | i1 | ī | i1 | i1˚ |
| 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 |
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