Cantonese
Phoneme Illustrated
Transcription
English
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i
tʰɩm
sweet
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2
i
tʰɩːn
sky
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3
i
tʃip
to pick up
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4
i
tʃi
paper
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5
i
tʃʰi
once
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i
ji
treatment
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i
tʃit
section
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i
min
noodle
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i
sɩŋ
last name
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i
jit
hot
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i
sɩk
to eat
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i
si
to try
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i
tʃʰɩŋ
clear
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i
lɩŋ
to take
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u
pʰɷn
large container
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u
kɷn
a can
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u
wɷn
a bowl
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u
bɷn
a booklet
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u
mɷn
bored
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u
luk
six
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u
kwɷ
to guess
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u
kwɷɩ
tired
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u
fɷt
wide
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i
dʒi
child
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e
tʰɛk
to kick
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e
pʰɛŋ
inexpensive
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e
lɛːŋ
pretty
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e
tʰɛk
to throw
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e
tʃɛ
a car
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e
kʰət
cough
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e
tʃət
seven
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e
səp
ten
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e
sən
new
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e
səm
heart
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e
mət
what
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e
fən
divide
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e
hən
hate
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e
mən
ask
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e
ŋən
tough
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e
bən
stupid
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e
kən
close by
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e
wən
transport
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e
jən
print
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e
bən
product
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e
təŋ
chair
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e
pʰəŋ
friend
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e
tʰən
to swallow
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e
tʃʰən
personal
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e
kʰən
to work hard
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e
tʃən
TRUE
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e
tʃœt
to go out
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e
kwən
soldier
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e
kwʰən
earth
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a
paːt
eight
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a
taː
dozen
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a
maː
horse
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a
haː
shrimp
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a
faː
flower
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a
saː
sand
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a
hak
black
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a
naːk
bracelet
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a
taːŋ
to wait for
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a
pʰaː
afraid
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a
maːn
slow
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a
paːn
sample
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a
ŋaːn
eye
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a
tʃʰaːk
thief
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a
tʰaːp
pagoda
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a
saːm
three
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a
ŋaːp
duck
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a
baːk
hundred
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a
taːn
a bill
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a
haːŋ
to walk
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a
toːŋ
cold
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a
laːŋ
cold
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a
pʰaːŋ
porch
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a
tʃaːm
terrible
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a
tʰaːm
light in color
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a
tʃaːŋ
orange
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a
tʰaːm
mucus
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a
taːm
one bite
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a
kwan
skirt
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o
bɔː
ball
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o
pʰɔː
grand
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o
tʰɔːŋ
sugar
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o
ŋɔː
I
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o
kɔː
song
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o
lɔː
to get
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o
lɔːk
to descend
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o
mɔŋ
busy
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o
kɔn
dry
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o
hɔt
thirsty
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o
løy
girl
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o
søn
believe
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o
tʃøn
most
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œ
yœː
about
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œ
tʃʰœːŋ
long
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œ
tʃœːŋ
Chinese
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y
yyː
fish
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a
tʃɔ
left
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a
wən
to look for
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a
kəm
gold
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a
hap
box
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a
lap
disorder
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gwaɩ
expensive
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seɩ
die
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kʰeɩ
chess
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leɩ
plum
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teɩ
land
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saɩ
younger
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meɩ
taste
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lɔːɩ
come
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maːɩ
buy
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siu
small
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koɷ
tall
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tʰou
peaches
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taɷ
robber
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syu
smile
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tœɩ
a pair of
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løy
girl
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kaɷ
enough
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kaːɷ
to teach
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jau
to have
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ŋ̩
five
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bən
product
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təŋ
chair
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kən
close by
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fən
divide
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sən
new
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hən
hate
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mən
ask
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nam
south
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ŋən
tough
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jən
print
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wən
transport
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təŋ
chair
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tʰɩːn
sky
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tʃi
paper
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tʃi
once
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tʃən
TRUE
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tʃʰən
personal
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deɩ
land
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tʰɩm
sweet
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tɛːŋ
to throw
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tʰɩːn
sky
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pɷn
a booklet
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pʰɷn
large container
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kən
close by
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kɷn
a can
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kʰən
to work hard
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kɷn
a can
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pən
product
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pʰən
friend
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tʃət
seven
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dʒi
child
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dʒət
to go out
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tʃʰi
once
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kwən
soldier
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kwʰən
earth
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laːŋ
cold
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lap
disorder
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haːŋ
to walk
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hap
box
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high falling tone
mət
what
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middle rising tone
pən
product
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middle level tone
sən
new
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low level tone
min
noodle
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low falling tone
tʃit
section