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Entry Phoneme Sound Illustrated IPA Transcription   English 
1  p voiceless unaspirated bilabial plosive  pa⁶  white 
2  pʰ voiceless aspirated bilabial plosive  pʰa³  bat 
3  t voiceless unaspirated alveolar plosive  ta⁶  answer 
4  tʰ voiceless aspirated alvoelar plosive  tʰa³  he 
5  k voiceless unaspirated velar plosive  kɔŋ²  harbor 
6  kʰ voiceless aspirated velar plosive  kʰa¹  card 
7  m (slightly voiced) bilabial nasal  ma⁵  horse 
8  n (slightly voiced) alveolar nasal  na²  milk 
9  ŋ (slightly voiced) velar nasal  ŋa⁴  tooth 
10  f voiceless labiodental fricative  fa¹  flower 
11  s voiceless alveolar fricative  sa¹  sand 
12      ʃiɷ²  small 
13      ʃin³  thread 
14  x voiceless velar fricative  xoɷ²  good 
15  w voiced labio-velar approximant - less labialized than english w  wat⁶  slippery 
16  j voiced palatal approximant  ja²  too 
17  l voiced alveolar lateral  lan⁶  rotten 
18  kʷ voiceless unaspirated labialized velar plosive  kʷa¹  melon 
19  kʷʰ voiceless aspirated labialized velar plosive  kʷʰa¹  praise 
20  ts voiceless unaspirated alveolar affricate  tsa¹  rubbish 
21      tʃiɷ¹  morning 
22      tʃy¹  red 
23  tsʰ voiceless aspirated alveolar affricate  tsʰək¹  measure 
24      tʃʰy⁵  pillar 
25      tʃʰyn⁴  complete 
26  m   səm¹  heart 
27  n   sən¹  new 
28  ŋ   təŋ¹  climb 
29  p   kəp¹  hurry 
30  t   pət¹  not 
31  k   tsʰəʔk¹  measure 
32  i high front tense vowel, close to cardinal vowel 1  ji¹  clothing 
33  y high front rounded vowel, close to cardinal vowel 9  ʃy¹  book 
34  ɩ high front lax vowel  jɩt⁶  hot 
35  ɛ mid front vowel  tʃʰɛ¹  car 
36  œ mid front rounded vowel  xœ¹  boot 
37  ə mid central vowel  tsʰət¹  seven 
38  u high back tense rounded vowel, close to cardinal vowel 8.  ku³  evaluate 
39  ɷ high back lax rounded vowel (lower and less rounded than [u])  lɷk³  six 
40  ɔ mid back rounded vowel  xɔt³  thirsty 
41  a low central vowel  pat³  eight 
42  eɩ   teɩ⁶  earth 
43  əɩ   səɩ³  thin 
44  aɩ   maɩ⁵  buy 
45  uɩ   kuɩ⁶  tired 
46  ɷɩ   tɷɩ⁶  right 
47  ɔɩ   hɔɩ¹  open 
48  iɷ   ʃiɷ³  laughter 
49  əɷ   kəɷ³  enough 
50  aɷ   kaɷ³  teach 
51  oɷ   loɷ⁵  old 
52  m bilabial nasal  m⁴  not 
53  m͡ŋ a syllabic velar nasal pronounced with the lips closed  m͡ŋ⁵  five 
54  pitch 1 55, ˥  wəɩ¹  might 
55  pitch 2 35, ˧˥  wəɩ²  appoint 
56  pitch 3 33, ˧  wəɩ³  fear 
57  pitch 4 21, ˨˩  wəɩ⁴  only 
58  pitch 5 23, ˨˧  wəɩ⁵  great 
59  pitch 6 22, ˨  wəɩ⁶  stomach 
60  pitch 1   yət¹  one 
61  pitch 6   ji⁶  two 
62  pitch 1   sam¹  three 
63  pitch 3   seɩ³  four 
64  pitch 5   m͡ŋ⁵  five 
65  pitch 6   lɷk⁶  six 
66  pitch 1   tsʰəp¹  seven 
67  pitch 3   pat³  eight 
68  pitch 2   kəɷ²  nine 
69  pitch 4   lɩŋ⁴  zero 
70      ŋɔ⁵ jɷ³ xɔʔk⁶ kʷɔŋ² tɷŋ³ wa² tʰɔŋ⁴ jɩŋ¹ wən²  I want to learn both Cantonese and English