Cantonese Yale syllable table

Submitted by Christoph on 4 July, 2009 - 11:54

Similar to the Jyutping syllable table here is a table of syllables of the Cantonese language written in Romanisation Cantonese Yale.

There are two sources: Research Centre for Humanities Computing of the Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH), Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - 粵音節表 (Table of Cantonese Syllables) and the Unihan table, both are in Jyutping. I used cjklib to convert those into Cantonese Yale.

Sources for the mapping are:

Stephen Matthews, Virginia Yip: Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar. Routledge, 1994, ISBN 0-415-08945-X.
Parker Po-fei Huang, Gerard P. Kok: Speak Cantonese (Book I). Revised Edition, Yale University, 1999, ISBN 0-88710-094-5.

The following Jyutping syllables are missing due to the lack of proper sources for a mapping between the two romanisations: lem, deu, gep, kep, loei, loet, pet, om (all in Jyutping). The table beneath thus is missing the Jyutping final set -oei, -oet, -om, -em, -ep, -et and -eu. Syllables found in the Unihan database are emphasised (italic), syllables from the table of the Centre for Humanities Computing marked with a ¹.

		b	p	m	f	d	t	n	l	g	k	ng	h	gw	kw	w	j	ch	s	y
i				mi¹		di	ti	ni¹	li¹							wi	ji¹	chi¹	si¹	yi¹
ip						dip¹	tip¹	nip¹	lip¹	gip¹	kip		hip¹				jip¹	chip¹	sip¹	yip¹
it		bit¹	pit¹	mit¹		dit¹	tit¹	nit	lit¹	git¹	kit¹	ngit¹	hit¹				jit¹	chit¹	sit¹	yit¹
ik		bik¹	pik¹	mik¹		dik¹	tik¹	nik¹	lik¹	gik¹				gwik¹	kwik	wik¹	jik¹	chik¹	sik¹	yik¹
im						dim¹	tim¹	nim¹	lim¹	gim¹	kim¹		him¹				jim¹	chim¹	sim¹	yim¹
in		bin¹	pin¹	min¹		din¹	tin¹	nin¹	lin¹	gin¹	kin¹		hin¹				jin¹	chin¹	sin¹	yin¹
ing		bing¹	ping¹	ming¹	fing	ding¹	ting¹	ning¹	ling¹	ging¹	king¹		hing¹	gwing¹		wing¹	jing¹	ching¹	sing¹	ying¹
iu		biu¹	piu¹	miu¹	fiu	diu¹	tiu¹	niu¹	liu¹	giu¹	kiu¹		hiu¹				jiu¹	chiu¹	siu¹	yiu¹
yu																	jyu¹	chyu¹	syu¹	yu¹
yut						dyut¹	tyut¹		lyut¹	gyut¹	kyut¹		hyut¹				jyut¹	chyut¹	syut¹	yut¹
yun						dyun¹	tyun¹	nyun¹	lyun¹	gyun¹	kyun¹		hyun¹				jyun¹	chyun¹	syun¹	yun¹
u		bu			fu¹					gu¹	ku¹					wu¹
ut		but¹	put¹	mut¹	fut¹					gut	kut¹					wut¹
uk	uk¹	buk¹	puk¹	muk¹	fuk¹	duk¹	tuk¹	nuk¹	luk¹	guk¹	kuk¹	nguk¹	huk¹				juk¹	chuk¹	suk¹	yuk¹
un		bun¹	pun¹	mun¹	fun¹					gun¹					kwun	wun¹		chun
ung	ung¹	bung¹	pung¹	mung¹	fung¹	dung¹	tung¹	nung¹	lung¹	gung¹	kung¹	ngung¹	hung¹				jung¹	chung¹	sung¹	yung¹
ui		bui¹	pui¹	mui¹	fui¹					gui¹	kui¹				kwui	wui¹	jui
e	e¹	be¹	pe	me¹	fe	de¹		ne¹	le¹	ge¹	ke¹		he			we	je¹	che¹	se¹	ye¹
ek		bek¹	pek¹			dek¹	tek¹		lek¹		kek¹		hek¹				jek¹	chek¹	sek¹
eng		beng¹	peng¹	meng¹		deng¹	teng¹		leng¹	geng¹			heng¹				jeng¹	cheng¹	seng¹	yeng¹
ei	ei¹	bei¹	pei¹	mei¹	fei¹	dei¹		nei¹	lei¹	gei¹	kei¹		hei¹						sei¹
eut						deut¹		neut¹	leut¹								jeut¹	cheut¹	seut¹
eun						deun¹	teun¹		leun¹								jeun¹	cheun¹	seun¹	yeun¹
eui						deui¹	teui¹	neui¹	leui¹	geui¹	keui¹		heui¹				jeui¹	cheui¹	seui¹	yeui¹
eu	eu					deu¹	teu¹			geu¹	keu		heu¹				jeu
euk						deuk¹			leuk¹	geuk¹	keuk¹						jeuk¹	cheuk¹	seuk¹	yeuk¹
eung						deung		neung¹	leung¹	geung¹	keung¹		heung¹				jeung¹	cheung¹	seung¹	yeung¹
o	o¹	bo¹	po¹	mo¹	fo¹	do¹	to¹	no¹	lo¹	go¹	ko¹	ngo¹	ho¹	gwo¹		wo¹	jo¹	cho¹	so¹	yo¹
ot										got¹			hot¹
ok	ok¹	bok¹	pok¹	mok¹	fok¹	dok¹	tok¹	nok¹	lok¹	gok¹	kok¹	ngok¹	hok¹	gwok¹	kwok¹	wok¹	jok¹	chok¹	sok¹
on	on¹									gon¹		ngon¹	hon¹
ong	ong¹	bong¹	pong¹	mong¹	fong¹	dong¹	tong¹	nong¹	long¹	gong¹	kong¹	ngong¹	hong¹	gwong¹	kwong¹	wong¹	jong¹	chong¹	song¹
oi	oi¹			moi		doi¹	toi¹	noi¹	loi¹	goi¹	koi¹	ngoi¹	hoi¹				joi¹	choi¹	soi¹
ou	ou¹	bou¹	pou¹	mou¹		dou¹	tou¹	nou¹	lou¹	gou¹		ngou¹	hou¹				jou¹	chou¹	sou¹
ap	ap					dap	tap	nap¹	lap¹	gap¹	kap¹	ngap	hap¹				jap¹	chap¹	sap¹	yap¹
at	at	bat¹	pat¹	mat¹	fat¹	dat¹	tat	nat¹	lat¹	gat¹	kat¹	ngat¹	hat¹	gwat¹		wat¹	jat¹	chat¹	sat¹	yat¹
ak	ak¹	bak¹	pak	mak¹		dak¹			lak¹	gak	kak	ngak¹	hak¹			wak	jak¹	chak¹	sak¹
am	am¹	bam¹				dam¹	tam	nam¹	lam¹	gam¹	kam¹	ngam¹	ham¹				jam¹	cham¹	sam¹	yam¹
an	an¹	ban¹	pan¹	man¹	fan¹	dan¹	tan¹	nan¹	lan	gan¹	kan¹	ngan¹	han¹	gwan¹	kwan¹	wan¹	jan¹	chan¹	san¹	yan¹
ang	ang¹	bang¹	pang¹	mang¹	fang¹	dang¹	tang¹	nang¹	lang	gang¹	kang¹	ngang	hang¹	gwang¹		wang¹	jang¹	chang¹	sang¹
ai	ai¹	bai¹	pai¹	mai¹	fai¹	dai¹	tai¹	nai¹	lai¹	gai¹	kai¹	ngai¹	hai¹	gwai¹	kwai¹	wai¹	jai¹	chai¹	sai¹	yai¹
au	au¹	bau	pau¹	mau¹	fau¹	dau¹	tau¹	nau¹	lau¹	gau¹	kau¹	ngau¹	hau¹			wau	jau¹	chau¹	sau¹	yau¹
a	a¹	ba¹	pa¹	ma¹	fa¹	da¹	ta¹	na¹	la¹	ga¹	ka¹	nga¹	ha¹	gwa¹	kwa¹	wa¹	ja¹	cha¹	sa¹	ya¹
aap	aap¹					daap¹	taap¹	naap¹	laap¹	gaap¹	kaap	ngaap	haap¹				jaap¹	chaap¹	saap¹
aat	aat¹	baat¹	paat	maat¹	faat¹	daat¹	taat¹	naat¹	laat¹	gaat¹	kaat¹	ngaat¹	haat	gwaat¹		waat¹	jaat¹	chaat¹	saat¹
aak	aak¹	baak¹	paak¹	maak¹	faak	daak¹			laak¹	gaak¹	kaak¹	ngaak¹	haak¹	gwaak¹		waak¹	jaak¹	chaak¹	saak¹	yaak¹
aam	aam¹					daam¹	taam¹	naam¹	laam¹	gaam¹	kaam	ngaam¹	haam¹				jaam¹	chaam¹	saam¹
aan	aan¹	baan¹	paan¹	maan¹	faan¹	daan¹	taan¹	naan¹	laan¹	gaan¹	kaan	ngaan¹	haan¹	gwaan¹	kwaan	waan¹	jaan¹	chaan¹	saan¹
aang	aang¹	baang¹	paang¹	maang¹		daang	taang	naang	laang¹	gaang¹		ngaang¹	haang¹	gwaang¹	kwaang¹	waang¹	jaang¹	chaang¹	saang¹	yaang
aai	aai¹	baai¹	paai¹	maai¹	faai¹	daai¹	taai¹	naai¹	laai¹	gaai¹	kaai¹	ngaai¹	haai¹	gwaai¹	kwaai¹	waai¹	jaai¹	chaai¹	saai¹	yaai¹
aau	aau¹	baau¹	paau¹	maau¹	faau	daau	taau	naau¹	laau	gaau¹	kaau¹	ngaau¹	haau¹				jaau¹	chaau¹	saau¹	yaau
m	m¹												hm¹
ng	ng¹												hng¹

That's a really useful list -

Submitted by Eldon (not verified) on 10 March, 2010 - 23:57.

That's a really useful list - since books and websites vary between using Jyutping or Yale, it's handy to know how to go from one to the other. Also, there are more sounds in Cantonese than I thought - haven't run into a lot of those yet. Does it take into account different accents/dialects of Cantonese?

Dialects

Submitted by Christoph on 11 March, 2010 - 00:06.

I can't say for sure where the two sources draw their data from, but I would guess it's from Hong Kong and Guangzhou. If you need a conversion table I can post a better one, no need to switch between two big tables of Initial/Finals.

Conversion Table

Submitted by Eldon (not verified) on 11 March, 2010 - 01:31.

Reckon I can make do with swapping between the two tables :) using Romanization less and less anyway, so no need to go out of your way - thanks for the offer though!

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That's a really useful list -

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