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| Transliteration of Chinese |
|---|
| Mandarin |
| Modern Standard Mandarin |
| Late imperial Mandarin |
| Sichuanese |
| Wu |
| General Wu |
| Wenzhounese |
| Yue |
| Cantonese |
| Min |
| Hokkien |
| Teochew |
| Fuzhounese |
| Northern Min |
| Pu-Xian Min |
| Hainanese |
| Shao–Jiang Min |
| Gan |
| Chang-Du |
| Hakka |
| Meixian |
| Sixian |
| Xiang |
| Chang–Yi |
| Polylectal |
| General Chinese |
| See also |
| Other transliterations |
| By place |
The chart below shows the difference between S. L. Wong (romanization), Guangdong Romanization, ILE romanization of Cantonese, Jyutping, Yale, Sidney Lau, Meyer–Wempe, along with IPA, S. L. Wong phonetic symbols and Cantonese Bopomofo.
Chart
Initials
| IPA | S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols |
Bopomofo Extended |
S. L. Wong Romanization |
Guangdong Romanization |
ILE | Jyutping | Yale | Sidney Lau |
Meyer– Wempe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 巴 | /b/ | ㄅ | b | b | b | b | b | b | p | |
| 怕 | /p/ | ㄆ | p | p | p | p | p | p | p' | |
| 媽 | /m/ | ㄇ | m | m | m | m | m | m | m | |
| 花 | /f/ | ㄈ | f | f | f | f | f | f | f | |
| 打 | /d/ | ㄉ | d | d | d | d | d | d | t | |
| 他 | /t/ | ㄊ | t | t | t | t | t | t | t' | |
| 那 | /n/ | ㄋ | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | |
| 啦 | /l/ | ㄌ | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | |
| 家 | /g/ | ㄍ | g | g | g | g | g | g | k | |
| 卡 | /k/ | ㄎ | k | k | k | k | k | k | k' | |
| 牙 | /ŋ/ | ㄫ | ng | ng | ng | ng | ng | ng | ng | |
| 蝦 | /h/ | ㄏ | h | h | h | h | h | h | h | |
| 將 | /dz/ | ㄗ | dz | z | dz | z | j | j | ts | |
| 張 | /dz₂/ | ㄐ | dj | j | dz | z | j | j | ch | |
| 鏘 | /ts/ | ㄘ | ts | c | ts | c | ch | ch | ts' | |
| 昌 | /ts₂/ | ㄑ | ch | q | ts | c | ch | ch | ch' | |
| 士 | /s/ | ㄙ | s | s | s | s | s | s | s | |
| 是 | /s₂/ | ㄒ | sh | x | s | s | s | s | sh | |
| 瓜 | /gw/ | ㄍㄨ | gw | gu | gw | gw | gw | gw | kw | |
| 誇 | /kw/ | ㄎㄨ | kw | ku | kw | kw | kw | kw | k'w | |
| 也 | /j/ | ㄧ | y | y | j | j | y | y | y/i | |
| 華 | /w/ | ㄨ | w | w | w | w | w | w | w/oo |
Finals
| IPA | S. L. Wong Phonetic Symbols |
Bopomofo Extended | S. L. Wong Romanization |
Guangdong Romanization |
ILE | Jyutping | Yale | Sidney Lau |
Meyer– Wempe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 呀 | /a/ | ㄚ | a | a | aa | aa | a | a | a | |
| 挨 | /ai/ | ㄞ | aai | ai | aai | aai | aai | aai | aai | |
| 拗 | /au/ | ㄠ | aau | ao | aau | aau | aau | aau | aau | |
| 啱 | /am/ | ㆰ | aam | am | aam | aam | aam | aam | aam | |
| 晏 | /an/ | ㄢ | aan | an | aan | aan | aan | aan | aan | |
| 罌 | /aŋ/ | ㄤ | aang | ang | aang | aang | aang | aang | aang | |
| 鴨 | /ap/ | ㄚㆴ | aap | ab | aap | aap | aap | aap | aap | |
| 押 | /at/ | ㄚㆵ | aat | ad | aat | aat | aat | aat | aat | |
| 軛 | /ak/ | ㄚㆶ | aak | ag | aak | aak | aak | aak | aak | |
| 矮 | /ɐi/ | ㄞ | ai | ei | ai | ai | ai | ai | ai | |
| 歐 | /ɐu/ | ㄠ | au | eo | au | au | au | au | au | |
| 庵 | /ɐm/ | ㆰ/ㆱ | am | em | am | am | am | am | am/om | |
| 奀 | /ɐn/ | ㄢ | an | en | an | an | an | an | an | |
| 鶯 | /ɐŋ/ | ㄤ | ang | eng | ang | ang | ang | ang | ang | |
| 噏 | /ɐp/ | ㄚㆴ | ap | eb | ap | ap | ap | ap | ap/op | |
| 兀 | /ɐt/ | ㄚㆵ | at | ed | at | at | at | at | at | |
| 搤 | /ɐk/ | ㄚㆶ | ak | eg | ak | ak | ak | ak | ak | |
| 誒 | /ɛ/ | ㄝ | e | é | e | e | e | e | e | |
| 欸 | /ei/ | ㄟ | ei | éi | ei | ei | ei | ei | ei | |
| (掉)* | /ɛu/ | ㄝㄨ | eu | eu | ||||||
| (舔)* | /ɛm/ | ㄝㆬ | em | em | ||||||
| (円)* | /ɛn/ | ㄝㄣ | en | en | ||||||
| (贏) | /ɛŋ/ | ㄝㆭ | eng | éng | eng | eng | eng | eng | eng | |
| (夾)* | /ɛp/ | ㄝㆴ | ep | ep | ||||||
| ( ) | /ɛt/ | ㄝㆵ | et | et | ||||||
| (尺) | /ɛk/ | ㄝㆶ | ek | ég | ek | ek | ek | ek | ek | |
| 衣 | /i/ | ㄧ | i | i | i | i | i | i | i | |
| 妖 | /iu/ | ㄧㄨ | iu | iu | iu | iu | iu | iu | iu | |
| 淹 | /im/ | ㄧㆬ | im | im | im | im | im | im | im | |
| 煙 | /in/ | ㄧㄣ | in | in | in | in | in | in | in | |
| 英 | /eŋ/ | ㆬ | ing | ing | ing | ing | ing | ing | ing | |
| 葉 | /ip/ | ㄧㆴ | ip | ib | ip | ip | ip | ip | ip | |
| 熱 | /it/ | ㄧㆵ | it | id | it | it | it | it | it | |
| 益 | /ek/ | ㄧㆶ | ik | ig | ik | ik | ik | ik | ik | |
| 柯 | /ɔ/ | ㄛ | o | o | o | o | o | oh | oh | |
| 哀 | /ɔi/ | ㄛㄧ | oi | oi | oi | oi | oi | oi | oi | |
| 奧 | /ou/ | ㄡ | ou | ou | ou | ou | ou | o | o | |
| 安 | /ɔn/ | ㄛㄣ | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | |
| 盎 | /ɔŋ/ | ㆲ | ong | ong | ong | ong | ong | ong | ong | |
| (渴) | /ɔt/ | ㄛㆵ | ot | od | ot | ot | ot | ot | ot | |
| 惡 | /ɔk/ | ㄛㆶ | ok | og | ok | ok | ok | ok | ok | |
| 烏 | /u/ | ㄨ | u | u | u | u | u | oo | oo | |
| 煨 | /ui/ | ㄨㄧ | ui | ui | ui | ui | ui | ooi | ooi | |
| 碗 | /un/ | ㄨㄣ | un | un | un | un | un | oon | oon | |
| 甕 | /uŋ/ | ㄛㆭ | ung | ung | ung | ung | ung | ung | ung | |
| 活 | /ut/ | ㄨㆵ | ut | ud | ut | ut | ut | oot | oot | |
| 屋 | /uk/ | ㄨㆶ | uk | ug | uk | uk | uk | uk | uk | |
| 靴 | /œ/ | ㄜ | eu | ê | oe | oe | eu | euh | oeh | |
| (央) | /œŋ/ | ㄥ | eung | êng | oeng | oeng | eung | eung | eung | |
| (約) | /œk/ | ㄜㆶ | euk | êg | oek | oek | euk | euk | euk | |
| (銳) | /œy/ | ㄜㄩ | eue | êu | oey | eoi | eui | ui | ui | |
| (閏) | /œn/ | ㄣ | eun | ên | oen | eon | eun | un | un | |
| (律) | /œt/ | ㄛㆵ | eut | êd | oet | eot | eut | ut | ut | |
| 於 | /y/ | ㄩ | ue | ü | y | yu | yu | ue | ue | |
| 冤 | /yn/ | ㄩㄣ | uen | ün | yn | yun | yun | uen | uen | |
| 月 | /yt/ | ㄩㆵ | uet | üd | yt | yut | yut | uet | uet | |
| 唔 | /m/ | ㆬ | m | m | m | m | m | m | m | |
| 五 | /ŋ/ | ㆭ | ng | ng | ng | ng | ng | ng | ng |
Tones
| IPA | Jyutping | ILE | Yale | Guangdong Romanization |
Sidney Lau |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| íː | i1 | i | ī | i | i |
| îː | i1 | i | ì | i | i |
| ǐː | i2 | i | í | i | i |
| īː | i3 | i | i | i | i |
| i̭ː | i4 | i | ìh | i | i |
| i̬ː | i5 | i | íh | i | i |
| ìː | i6 | i | ih | i | i |
| ɪ́k̚ | ik1 | ik | īk | ig | ik |
| ɪ̄k̚ | ik3 | ik | ik | ig | ik |
| ɪ̀k̚ | ik6 | ik | ihk | ig | ik |