Sidney Lau Cantonese romanization
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Sidney Lau Cantonese romanization is a widely used system for transcribing Cantonese pronunciation into the Latin alphabet, particularly known from Sidney Lau’s teaching materials for Cantonese learners.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sidney Lau romanization | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cantonese romanization system
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phonetic transcription system ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lau Cantonese romanization
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Sidney Lau system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToDialect | Hong Kong Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximatePeriod |
1960s
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1970s ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Cantonese Pinyin
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Jyutping NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale Cantonese romanization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal |
to provide a practical system for English‑speaking learners
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to represent Cantonese sounds without tone marks ⓘ |
| developedBy | Sidney Lau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentation |
Sidney Lau’s "A Practical Cantonese‑English Dictionary"
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Sidney Lau’s multi‑volume Cantonese course ⓘ |
| domain |
Chinese linguistics
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language pedagogy ⓘ |
| feature |
distinguishes long and short vowels
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orthography influenced by English spelling conventions ⓘ uses digraphs to represent certain consonants ⓘ uses final consonant letters to indicate entering tones ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later teaching materials for Cantonese as a second language ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Yale romanization for Cantonese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Cantonese ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Sidney Lau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Sidney Lau’s Cantonese textbooks
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widespread use among foreign learners of Cantonese in Hong Kong ⓘ |
| notationType | romanization without diacritics ⓘ |
| represents |
Cantonese finals
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Cantonese initials ⓘ Cantonese tones ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| status |
informally standardized through Sidney Lau’s textbooks
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non‑standardized ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
English speakers
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non‑native learners of Cantonese ⓘ |
| toneCount | 9 (including entering tones) ⓘ |
| toneRepresentation |
numbers 1–9 for tones and allotones
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numerals appended to syllables ⓘ |
| use |
Cantonese language teaching
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self‑study materials for Cantonese learners ⓘ transcribing Cantonese pronunciation ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sidney Lau’s Cantonese course books
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teaching materials for expatriates in Hong Kong ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | alphabetic ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sidney Lau romanization