Social: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, New-French Latinization of Cantonese and Spanish Romanization, 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	Spanish Romanization
巴	[p]	/b/	ㄅ	b	b	b	b	b	b	p	b	b
怕	[pʰ]	/p/	ㄆ	p	p	p	p	p	p	p'	p	p
媽	[m]	/m/	ㄇ	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
花	[f]	/f/	ㄈ	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f	f
打	[t]	/d/	ㄉ	d	d	d	d	d	d	t	d	d
他	[tʰ]	/t/	ㄊ	t	t	t	t	t	t	t'	t	t
那	[n]	/n/	ㄋ	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
啦	[l]	/l/	ㄌ	l	l	l	l	l	l	l	l	l
家	[k]	/g/	ㄍ	g	g	g	g	g	g	k	g	g
卡	[kʰ]	/k/	ㄎ	k	k	k	k	k	k	k'	k	k
牙	[ŋ]	/ŋ/	ㄫ	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng
蝦	[h]	/h/	ㄏ	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	h	h
將	[ts]	/dz/	ㄗ	dz	z	dz	z	j	j	ts	dz	zh
張	[tɕ]	/dz₂/	ㄐ	dj	j	dz	z	j	j	ch	dź	zh
鏘	[tsʰ]	/ts/	ㄘ	ts	c	ts	c	ch	ch	ts'	ts	ch
昌	[tɕʰ]	/ts₂/	ㄑ	ch	q	ts	c	ch	ch	ch'	tś	ch
士	[s]	/s/	ㄙ	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
是	[ɕ]	/s₂/	ㄒ	sh	x	s	s	s	s	sh	s	s
瓜	[kʷ]	/gw/	ㄍㄨ	gw	gu	gw	gw	gw	gw	kw	gu	gw
誇	[kʷʰ]	/kw/	ㄎㄨ	kw	ku	kw	kw	kw	kw	k'w	ku	kw
也	[j]	/j/	ㄧ	y	y	j	j	y	y	y/i	y	y
華	[w]	/w/	ㄨ	w	w	w	w	w	w	w/oo	w	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	Spanish Romanization
呀	[aː]	/a/	ㄚ	a	a	aa	aa	a	a	a	a	aa
挨	[aːi]	/ai/	ㄞ	aai	ai	aai	aai	aai	aai	aai	ai	aai
拗	[aːu]	/au/	ㄠ	aau	ao	aau	aau	aau	aau	aau	au	aau
啱	[aːm]	/am/	ㆰ	aam	am	aam	aam	aam	aam	aam	am	aam
晏	[aːn]	/an/	ㄢ	aan	an	aan	aan	aan	aan	aan	an	aan
罌	[aːŋ]	/aŋ/	ㄤ	aang	ang	aang	aang	aang	aang	aang	ang	aang
鴨	[aːp̚]	/ap/	ㄚㆴ	aap	ab	aap	aap	aap	aap	aap	ap	aap
押	[aːt̚]	/at/	ㄚㆵ	aat	ad	aat	aat	aat	aat	aat	at	aat
軛	[aːk̚]	/ak/	ㄚㆶ	aak	ag	aak	aak	aak	aak	aak	ak	aai
矮	[ɐi]	/ɐi/	ㄞ	ai	ei	ai	ai	ai	ai	ai	äi	ⱥi
歐	[ɐu]	/ɐu/	ㄠ	au	eo	au	au	au	au	au	äu	ⱥu
庵	[ɐm]	/ɐm/	ㆰ/ㆱ	am	em	am	am	am	am	am/om	äm	ⱥm
奀	[ɐn]	/ɐn/	ㄢ	an	en	an	an	an	an	an	än	ⱥn
鶯	[ɐŋ]	/ɐŋ/	ㄤ	ang	eng	ang	ang	ang	ang	ang	äng	ⱥng
噏	[ɐp̚]	/ɐp/	ㄚㆴ	ap	eb	ap	ap	ap	ap	ap/op	äp	ⱥp
兀	[ɐt̚]	/ɐt/	ㄚㆵ	at	ed	at	at	at	at	at	ät	ⱥt
搤	[ɐk̚]	/ɐk/	ㄚㆶ	ak	eg	ak	ak	ak	ak	ak	äk	ⱥk
誒	[ɛː]	/ɛ/	ㄝ	e	é	e	e	e	e	e	e	e
欸	[ei]	/ei/	ㄟ	ei	éi	ei	ei	ei	ei	ei	ëi	ei
(掉)*	[ɛːu]	/ɛu/	ㄝㄨ			eu	eu				eu	eu
(舔)*	[ɛːm]	/ɛm/	ㄝㆬ			em	em				em	em
(円)*	[ɛːn]	/ɛn/	ㄝㄣ			en	en				en	en
(贏)	[ɛːŋ]	/ɛŋ/	ㄝㆭ	eng	éng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng	eng
(夾)*	[ɛːp̚]	/ɛp/	ㄝㆴ			ep	ep				ep	ep
(　)	[ɛːt̚]	/ɛt/	ㄝㆵ			et	et				et	et
(尺)	[ɛːk̚]	/ɛk/	ㄝㆶ	ek	ég	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek	ek
衣	[iː]	/i/	ㄧ	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	i	i
妖	[iːu]	/iu/	ㄧㄨ	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu	iu
淹	[iːm]	/im/	ㄧㆬ	im	im	im	im	im	im	im	im	im
煙	[iːn]	/in/	ㄧㄣ	in	in	in	in	in	in	in	in	in
英	[eŋ]	/eŋ/	ㆬ	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ing	ëng	ɇng
葉	[iːp̚]	/ip/	ㄧㆴ	ip	ib	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip	ip
熱	[iːt̚]	/it/	ㄧㆵ	it	id	it	it	it	it	it	it	it
益	[ek̚]	/ek/	ㄧㆶ	ik	ig	ik	ik	ik	ik	ik	ëk	ɇk
柯	[ɔː]	/ɔ/	ㄛ	o	o	o	o	o	oh	oh	o	o
哀	[ɔːy]	/ɔi/	ㄛㄧ	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi	oi/oü	oi
奧	[ou]	/ou/	ㄡ	ou	ou	ou	ou	ou	o	o	öu	ou
安	[ɔːn]	/ɔn/	ㄛㄣ	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
盎	[ɔːŋ]	/ɔŋ/	ㆲ	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong	ong
(渴)	[ɔːt̚]	/ɔt/	ㄛㆵ	ot	od	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot	ot
惡	[ɔːk̚]	/ɔk/	ㄛㆶ	ok	og	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok	ok
烏	[uː]	/u/	ㄨ	u	u	u	u	u	oo	oo	u	u
煨	[uːy]	/ui/	ㄨㄧ	ui	ui	ui	ui	ui	ooi	ooi	ui/uü	ui
碗	[uːn]	/un/	ㄨㄣ	un	un	un	un	un	oon	oon	un	un
甕	[oŋ]	/uŋ/	ㄛㆭ	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	ung	öng	øng
活	[uːt̚]	/ut/	ㄨㆵ	ut	ud	ut	ut	ut	oot	oot	ut	ut
屋	[ok̚]	/uk/	ㄨㆶ	uk	ug	uk	uk	uk	uk	uk	ök	øk
靴	[œː]	/œ/	ㄜ	eu	ê	oe	oe	eu	euh	oeh	œ	ɇø
(央)	[œːŋ]	/œŋ/	ㄥ	eung	êng	oeng	oeng	eung	eung	eung	œng	ɇøng
(約)	[œːk̚]	/œk/	ㄜㆶ	euk	êg	oek	oek	euk	euk	euk	œk	ɇøk
(銳)	[ɵy]	/œy/	ㄜㄩ	eue	êu	oey	eoi	eui	ui	ui	œ̈ü	øi
(閏)	[ɵn]	/œn/	ㄣ	eun	ên	oen	eon	eun	un	un	œ̈n	øn
(律)	[ɵt̚]	/œt/	ㄛㆵ	eut	êd	oet	eot	eut	ut	ut	œ̈t	øt
於	[yː]	/y/	ㄩ	ue	ü	y	yu	yu	ue	ue	ü	ü
冤	[yːn]	/yn/	ㄩㄣ	uen	ün	yn	yun	yun	uen	uen	ün	ün
月	[yːt̚]	/yt/	ㄩㆵ	uet	üd	yt	yut	yut	uet	uet	üt	üt
唔	[m̩]	/m/	ㆬ	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m	m
五	[ŋ̍]	/ŋ/	ㆭ	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng	ng

Tones

IPA	Jyutping	Cantonese Pinyin	Yale	Guangdong Romanization	Sidney Lau	Spanish Romanization
íː	i1	i1	ī	i1	i1˚	hou
îː	i1	i1	ì	i1	i1	hou
ǐː	i2	i2	í	i2	i2	hoú
īː	i3	i3	i	i3	i3	hou
i̭ː	i4	i4	ìh	i4	i4	hou
i̬ː	i5	i5	íh	i5	i5	hoú
ìː	i6	i6	ih	i6	i6	hou
ɪ́k̚	ik1	ik7	īk	ig1	ik1	sɇk
ɪ̄k̚	ik3	ik8	ik	ig3	ik3	sɇk
ɪ̀k̚	ik6	ik9	ihk	ig6	ik6	sɇk