Jyutping Guide | Pronunciation, FAQs and more

What is Jyutping?

Jyutping (粵拼), is a popular romanization system for Cantonese. It was developed in 1993 by a an academic group at the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong and was given the formal name "The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanisation Scheme".

Jyutping is one among many other romanization methods for Cantonese like the Standard Romanization, Yale and Sidney Lau systems. You can find some more background information here on Wikipedia. This page mainly deals with practical questions and topics like pronunciation that can help applying Jyutping while learning Cantonese.

Jyutping Pronunciation

This Jyutping pronunciation tool below is probably the most valuable part of this Jyutping guide, especially if you just start out learning Cantonese, so we put it at the top. If you click on any of the buttons, 7 audio files will load that represent the Jyutping sound with all seven Jyutping tones. To learn more about Jyutping itself, scroll further down to the FAQ section.

A

aa aai aak aam aan aang aap aat aau ai ak am an ang ap at au

B

baa baai baak baan baang baat baau bai bak bam ban bang bat bau be bei bek beng bik bin bing bit biu bo bok bong bou bu bui buk bun bung but

C

caa caai caak caam caan caang caap caat caau cai cak cam can cang cap cat cau ce cek ceng ceoi ceon ceot ci cik cim cin cing cip cit ciu co coei coek coeng coi cok cong cou cuk cun cung cyu cyun cyut

D

daa daai daak daam daan daang daap daat daau dai dak dam dan dang dap dat dau de dei dek deng deoi deon deot deu di dik dim din ding dip dit diu do doe doek doeng doi dok dong dou duk dung dyun dyut

E

F

faa faai faak faan faat faau fai fan fang fat fau fe fei fik fing fit fiu fo fok fong fu fui fuk fun fung fut

G

gaa gaai gaak gaam gaan gaang gaap gaat gaau gai gak gam gan gang gap gat gau ge gei geng geoi gep gi gik gim gin ging gip git giu go goe goei goek goeng goi gok gon gong got gou gu gui guk gun gung gut gwaa gwaai gwaak gwaan gwaang gwaat gwai gwan gwang gwat gwe gwi gwik gwing gwit gwo gwok gwong gwun gyun gyut

H

haa haai haak haam haan haang haap haat haau hai hak ham han hang hao hap hat hau he hei hek heng heoi hi him hin hing hip hit hiu hm hng ho hoe hoeng hoi hok hon hong hot hou huk hung hyun hyut

J

jaa jaai jaak jaang jaap jaau jai jam jan jap jat jau je jeng jeoi jeon ji jik jim jin jing jip jit jiu jo joek joeng juk jung jyu jyun jyut

K

kaa kaai kaak kaam kaan kaap kaat kaau kai kak kam kan kang kap kat kau ke kei kek keoi kep ki kik kim kin king kip kit kiu ko koe koek koeng koi kok kong ku kui kuk kung kut kwaa kwaai kwaak kwaan kwaang kwaat kwai kwan kwik kwok kwong kwui kwun kyun kyut

L

laa laai laak laam laan laang laap laat laau lai lak lam lan lang lap lat lau le lei lek lem leng leoi leon leot li lik lim lin ling lip lit liu lo loe loei loek loeng loet loi lok long lou luk lun lung lyun lyut

M

m maa maai maak maan maang maat maau mai mak mam man mang mat mau me mei meng mi mik min ming mit miu mo moi mok mong mou mui muk mun mung mut

N

naa naai naam naan naang naap naat naau nai nak nam nan nang nap nat nau ne nei neng neoi neot ng ngaa ngaai ngaak ngaam ngaan ngaang ngaap ngaat ngaau ngai ngak ngam ngan ngang ngap ngat ngau nge ngi ngit ngo ngoi ngok ngon ngong ngou nguk ngung ni nik nim nin ning nip nit niu no noei noeng noi nok nong nou nuk nung nyun

O

o oe oi ok om on ong ou

P

paa paai paak paan paang paat paau pai pak pan pang pat pau pe pei pek peng pet pik pin ping pit piu po pok pong pou pui puk pun pung put

S

saa saai saak saam saan saang saap saat saau sai sak sam san sang sap sat sau se sei sek seng seoi seon seot si sik sim sin sing sip sit siu so soe soek soeng soet soi sok song sou suk sung syu syun syut

T

taa taai taam taan taang taap taat taau tai tam tan tang tap tat tau tek teng teoi teon ti tik tim tin ting tip tit tiu to toe toi tok tong tou tuk tung tyun tyut

U

W

waa waai waak waan waang waat wai wak wan wang wat wau we wen wet wi wik wing wo wok wong wu wui wun wut

Z

zaa zaai zaak zaam zaan zaang zaap zaat zaau zai zak zam zan zang zap zat zau ze zek zeng zeoi zeon zeot zi zik zim zin zing zip zit ziu zo zoe zoei zoek zoeng zoi zok zong zou zui zuk zung zyu zyun zyut

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