Jyutping - Chinese linguistics and dialect

March 8, 2014


		1 Introduction 2 Differences with Yale Romanization 3 Initials 4 Finals 5 Tones 6 Examples 7 External links

Chinese Chinese linguistics and dialect

Jyutping

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Jyutping (Traditional Chinese character|Traditional Chinese: 粵拼; Simplified Chinese character|Simplified Chinese: 粤拼; pinyin: yu?pīn; Yale Romanization#Cantonese|Yale: yuhtpīng; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. Its formal name is The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme. The LSHK promotes the use of this romanization system.

The name Jyutping is a shorthand consisting of the first Chinese character|characters of the terms yu?yǔ (粵語; Cantonese) and pīnyīn (拼音; romanization).

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Differences with Yale Romanization

Jyutping and the Yale Romanization#Cantonese|Yale romanization system represent Cantonese pronunciations with the same letters with the following exceptions:

The vowels eo and oe represent IPA|ɵ and IPA|?ː, respectively, in Jyutping while the eu represents both vowels in Yale.

The initial (linguistics)|initial j represents IPA|j in Jyutping while y is used instead in Yale.

The initial z represents IPA|ts in Jyutping while j is used instead in Yale.

The initial c represents IPA|tsʰ in Jyutping while ch is used instead in Yale.

In Jyutping, if no consonant precedes the vowel yu, then the initial j is appended before the vowel. In Yale, the corresponding initial y is never appended before yu under any circumstances.

Jyutping defines three final (linguistics)|finals not in Yale or the other romanization schemes: eu IPA|ɛːu, em IPA|ɛːm, and ep IPA|ɛːp. These three finals are used in colloquial Cantonese words, such as deu6 ("to throw away"), lem2 ("to lick"), and gep6 ("to be wedged between something").

To represent tone (linguistics)|tones, only tone numbers are used in Jyutping while Yale originally uses tone marks together with the letter h (though tone numbers can be used in Yale as well).

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Initials

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|b IPA|p
|p IPA|pʰ
|m IPA|m
|f IPA|f
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|d IPA|t
|t IPA|tʰ
|n IPA|n
|l IPA|l
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|g IPA|k
|k IPA|kʰ
|ng IPA|ŋ
|h IPA|h
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|z IPA|ts
|c IPA|tsʰ
|s IPA|s
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|gw IPA|kw
|kw IPA|kʰw
|j IPA|j
|w IPA|w
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Finals

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|aa IPA|ɑː
|aai IPA|ɑːi
|aau IPA|ɑːu
|aam IPA|ɑːm
|aan IPA|ɑːn
|aang IPA|ɑːŋ
|aap IPA|ɑːp
|aat IPA|ɑːt
|aak IPA|ɑːk
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|ai IPA|ɐi
|au IPA|ɐu
|am IPA|ɐm
|an IPA|ɐn
|ang IPA|ɐŋ
|ap IPA|ɐp
|at IPA|ɐt
|ak IPA|ɐk
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|e IPA|ɛː
|ei IPA|ei
|eu IPA|ɛːu
|em IPA|ɛːm
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|eng IPA|ɛːŋ
|ep IPA|ɛːp
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|ek IPA|ɛːk
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|i IPA|iː
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|iu IPA|iːu
|im IPA|iːm
|in IPA|iːn
|ing IPA|ɪŋ
|ip IPA|iːp
|it IPA|iːt
|ik IPA|ɪk
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|o IPA|ɔː
|oi IPA|ɔːi
|ou IPA|ɔːu
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|on IPA|ɔːn
|ong IPA|ɔːŋ
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|ot IPA|ɔːt
|ok IPA|ɔːk
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|u IPA|uː
|ui IPA|uːi
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|un IPA|uːn
|ung IPA|uːŋ
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|ut IPA|uːt
|uk IPA|uːk
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|oe IPA|?ː
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|oeng IPA|?ːŋ
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|oek IPA|?ːk
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|eoi IPA|ɵy
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|eon IPA|ɵn
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|eot IPA|ɵt
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|yu IPA|yː
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|yun IPA|yːn
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|yut IPA|yːt
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|m IPA|m̩
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|ng IPA|ŋ̩
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The finals m and ng can only be used as standalone nasal consonant|nasal syllables.

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Tones

# high level or high falling
# mid rising
# mid level
# low falling
# low rising
# low level

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Examples

Traditional Chinese character\|Traditional	Simplified Chinese character\|Simplified	Romanization
廣州話	广州话	gwong2 zau1 waa2
粵語	粤语	jyut6 jyu5
你好	你好	nei5 hou2

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External links

http://cpct92.cityu.edu.hk/lshk/Jyutping/Jyutping.htm LSHK Cantonese Romanization Scheme

http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/jyutping.htm Jyutping Pronunciation Guide

http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chardict MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary (supports both Jyutping and Yale romanization)

zh:香港語言學學會粵語拼音方案
Category:Chinese language romanization

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