Jyutping and the
Yale romanisation of Cantonese represent Cantonese pronunciations with the same letters in: • The
initials:
b,
p,
m,
f,
d,
t,
n,
l,
g,
k,
ng,
h,
s,
gw,
kw,
w. • The
vowel:
aa (except when used alone),
a,
e,
i,
o,
u,
yu. • The
nasal stop:
m,
ng. • The
coda:
i,
u,
m,
n,
ng,
p,
t,
k. But they differ in the following: • The
vowels
eo and
oe represent and respectively in Jyutping, whereas the
eu represents both vowels in Yale. • The
initial j represents in Jyutping whereas
y is used instead in Yale. • The initial
z represents in Jyutping whereas
j is used instead in Yale. • The initial
c represents in Jyutping whereas
ch is used instead in Yale. • In Jyutping, if no
consonant precedes the vowel
yu, then the initial
j is appended before the vowel. In Yale, the corresponding initial
y is never appended before
yu under any circumstances. • Jyutping defines five
finals not in Yale:
a , eu ,
em ,
ep , oet . These finals are used in colloquial Cantonese words, such as
deu6 (),
lem2 (), and
gep6 (). • To represent
tones, only tone numbers are used in Jyutping whereas Yale traditionally uses tone marks together with the letter
h (though tone numbers can be used in Yale as well). == Comparison with ILE romanisation ==