Comparison of Cantonese romanization systems

The chart below shows the difference between S. L. Wong (romanization), Guangdong Romanization, Cantonese Pinyin, Jyutping, Yale, Sidney Lau, Meyer–Wempe and New-French Latinization of Cantonese, With IPA and S. L. Wong phonetic symbols and Bopomofo Extended.

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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	New French- Latinization
巴	[p]	/b/	ㄅ	b	b	b	b	b	b	p	b
怕	[pʰ]	/p/	ㄆ	p	p	p	p	p	p	p'	p
媽	[m]	/m/	ㄇ	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
花	[f]	/f/	ㄈ	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f
打	[t]	/d/	ㄉ	d	d	d	d	d	d	t	d
他	[tʰ]	/t/	ㄊ	t	t	t	t	t	t	t'	t
那	[n]	/n/	ㄋ	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
啦	[l]	/l/	ㄌ	l	l	l	l	l	l	l	l
家	[k]	/g/	ㄍ	g	g	g	g	g	g	k	g
卡	[kʰ]	/k/	ㄎ	k	k	k	k	k	k	k'	k
牙	[ŋ]	/ŋ/	ㄫ	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng
蝦	[h]	/h/	ㄏ	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	h
將	[ts]	/dz/	ㄗ	dz	z	dz	z	j	j	ts	dz
張	[tɕ]	/dz₂/	ㄐ	dj	j	dz	z	j	j	ch	dź
鏘	[tsʰ]	/ts/	ㄘ	ts	c	ts	c	ch	ch	ts'	ts
昌	[tɕʰ]	/ts₂/	ㄑ	ch	q	ts	c	ch	ch	ch'	tś
士	[s]	/s/	ㄙ	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
是	[ɕ]	/s₂/	ㄒ	sh	x	s	s	s	s	sh	s
瓜	[kʷ]	/gw/	ㄍㄨ	gw	gu	gw	gw	gw	gw	kw	gu
誇	[kʷʰ]	/kw/	ㄎㄨ	kw	ku	kw	kw	kw	kw	k'w	ku
也	[j]	/j/	ㄧ	y	y	j	j	y	y	y/i	y
華	[w]	/w/	ㄨ	w	w	w	w	w	w	w/oo	w

Finals

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

Tones

IPA	Jyutping	Cantonese Pinyin	Yale	Guangdong Romanization	Sidney Lau
íː	i1	i^1	ī	i^1	i^1˚
îː	i1	i^1	ì	i^1	i^1
ǐː	i2	i^2	í	i^2	i^2
īː	i3	i^3	i	i^3	i^3
i̭ː	i4	i^4	ìh	i^4	i^4
i̬ː	i5	i^5	íh	i^5	i^5
ìː	i6	i^6	ih	i^6	i^6
ɪ́k̚	ik1	ik^7	īk	ig^1	ik^1
ɪ̄k̚	ik3	ik^8	ik	ig^3	ik^3
ɪ̀k̚	ik6	ik^9	ihk	ig^6	ik^6