معاونت:با ابجدیہ |
Yale |
Jyutping |
Chinese |
English approximation
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Non-syllabic حرف صحیحs
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[[|f]]
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f
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風
|
fan
| [[|h]]
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h
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客
|
house
| [[|j]]
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y |
j
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月
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you
| [[|k]]
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syllable-initial g
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家
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scan
| k̚
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syllable-final k
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識
|
doctor
| [[|kʰ]]
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syllable-initial k
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卡
|
can
| [[|kʷ]]
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gw[1] |
瓜
|
squeak
| kʷʰ
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kw[2] |
誇
|
quick
| [[|l]]
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l
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落
|
leaf
| [[|m]]
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m
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莫
|
moon
| [[|n]]
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n
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男
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noon
| [[|ŋ]]
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ng
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牙
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singing
| [[|p]]
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b
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班
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span
| p̚
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syllable-final p
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濕
|
apt
| [[|pʰ]]
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syllable-initial p
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拍
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pan
| [[|s]]
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s
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西
|
saw
| [[|t]]
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d
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打
|
stand
| t̚
|
syllable-final t
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失
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Atkins
| [[|tʰ]]
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syllable-initial t
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拖
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tan
| [[|ts]]
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j |
z
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將
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cats
| [[|tsʰ]]
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ch |
c
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鏘
|
cats hissing
| [[|w]]
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w
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活
|
water
| Syllabic consonants
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[[|m̩]]
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m
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唔
|
rhythm
| [[|ŋ̩]] ŋ̍
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ng[3] |
五
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(syllabic ng)
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All non-syllabic consonants except [p̚, t̚, k̚] may begin a syllable, though some speakers do not have initial [n, ŋ].[4] The six non-syllabic consonants [p̚, t̚, k̚, m, n, ŋ] may end a syllable.[5]
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معاونت:با ابجدیہ
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Yale |
Jyutping |
Chinese |
English approximation
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مصوتs
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[[|aː]]
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aa, syllable-final a |
aa
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亞
|
father (Australian English)
| aːi
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aai
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界
|
time
| aːu
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aau
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交
|
how
| [[|ɐ]]
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non-syllable-final a |
a
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甩
|
cut
| ɐi
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ai
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矮
|
kite (short)
| ɐu
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au
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歐
|
house (short)
| ei
|
ei
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悲
|
hey
| [[|ɛː]]
|
e
|
些
|
yes
| ɛːu
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— |
eu
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掉[6] |
roughly like yeah well
| [[|e]]
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i before k or ng
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色
|
sick
| [[|iː]]
|
i
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意
|
see
| iːu
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iu
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橋
|
roughly like few
| ou
|
ou
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奧
|
hoe (American English)
| [[|ɔː]]
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o
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我
|
law
| ɔːy
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oi
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哀
|
roughly like boy; Häuser in German
| [[|œː]]
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eu before k or ng or syllable-finally |
oe
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靴
|
roughly like fur in British English; fleuve in French
| [[|ɵ]]
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eu before n or t |
eo
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出
|
roughly like again but rounded
| ɵy
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eui |
eoi
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去
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No English equivalent; like Japanese koi but rounded even at the end
| [[|o]]
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u before k or ng
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福
|
look
| [[|uː]]
|
u
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烏
|
food
| uːy
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ui
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回
|
roughly like phooey; almost like nouille in French
| [[|yː]]
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non-syllable-initial yu[7] |
yu
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於
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No English equivalent; menu in French
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IPA
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Yale |
Jyutping |
Chinese |
Description
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Tones
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síː
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sī |
si1[8] |
詩
|
high level: siː˥˥
| sîː
|
sì
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絲
|
high falling: siː˥˧
| sǐː
|
sí |
si2
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史
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mid rising: siː˧˥
| sīː
|
si |
si3
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試
|
mid level: siː˧˧
| si̭ː sȉː
|
sìh |
si4
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時
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low falling: siː˨˩ or very low: siː˩˩
| si̬ː
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síh |
si5
|
市
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low rising: siː˨˧
| sìː
|
sih |
si6
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是
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low level: siː˨˨
| píːt̚
|
bīt |
bit1
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必
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high checked: piːt̚˥
| sīːt̚
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sit |
sit3
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薛
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mid checked: siːt̚˧
| sìːt̚
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siht |
sit6
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舌
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low checked: siːt̚˨
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