Cantonese Sound Chart

The following tables give Yale romanizations and pronunciations for the sounds in Cantonese. Characters are provided for native speakers trying to learn the  romanization. Pronunciations are given without the tone of the representative character shown. For example, 識 and 食 are both listed as "sik" even though they are spoken at different tones.

 

na

那

 

neung

娘

naai

乃

nik

溺

naam

男

nim

念

naan

難

nin

年

naap

訥

ning

寧

naat

捺

nip

聶

naau

鬧

niu

鳥

nai

泥

no

娜

nam

稔

noi

內

nan

撚

nok

諾

nang

能

nong

曩

nap

凹

nou

努

nau

紐

nuk

忸

ne

呢

nung

農

nei

你

nyun

暖

neui

女

 

 

 

*In Cantonese, the initial /n/ sound can be pronounced as an [l]
The [n] pronunciation may seem odd or overly formal to some native speakers.

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