Jyutping
E412583
Jyutping is a Cantonese romanization system developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong that uses Latin letters and numbers to represent Cantonese pronunciation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jyutping canonical | 6 |
| LSHK Jyutping | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cantonese romanization system
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phonemic transcription system ⓘ romanization scheme ⓘ |
| advantage |
avoids diacritics by using numbers for tones
ⓘ
one-to-one mapping between spelling and phonemes ⓘ widely used in digital and computational contexts ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanization
ⓘ
surface form:
Cantonese Pinyin
Sidney Lau Cantonese romanization ⓘ
surface form:
Sidney Lau romanization
Yale Cantonese ⓘ
surface form:
Yale romanization of Cantonese
|
| designGoal |
facilitate Cantonese language learning
ⓘ
provide consistent romanization for Cantonese ⓘ represent Cantonese pronunciation accurately ⓘ support computational processing of Cantonese ⓘ |
| developer | Linguistic Society of Hong Kong ⓘ |
| distinguishesPhonemes |
finals e, eo, oe, o, u, yu
ⓘ
initials z, c, s vs. j ⓘ nasal finals m and ng as independent syllables ⓘ |
| exampleSyllable |
si1
ⓘ
si2 ⓘ si3 ⓘ si4 ⓘ si5 ⓘ si6 ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
finals
ⓘ
initials ⓘ tone numbers ⓘ |
| hasOnlineResource | Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Jyutping scheme documentation ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese ⓘ |
| numberOfFinals | 53 ⓘ |
| numberOfInitials | 19 ⓘ |
| romanizesExample |
中文 as zung1 man4
ⓘ
你好 as nei5 hou2 ⓘ 再見 as zoi3 gin3 ⓘ 唔該 as m4 goi1 ⓘ 多謝 as do1 ze6 ⓘ Cantonese ⓘ
surface form:
廣東話 as gwong2 dung1 waa2
粵語 as jyut6 jyu5 ⓘ 老師 as lou5 si1 ⓘ 食飯 as sik6 faan6 ⓘ 香港 as hoeng1 gong2 ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| shortName |
Jyutping
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
LSHK Jyutping
|
| toneNotation | digits 1–6 appended to syllables ⓘ |
| toneSystem | 6 lexical tones plus entering tones ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Cantonese learning materials
ⓘ
language technology for Cantonese ⓘ online Cantonese dictionaries ⓘ |
| usesToneMarks | false ⓘ |
| usesToneNumbers | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.