This chart presents the phonemic system of Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong) – yue-Hant-HK, using the Jyutping romanization system, which is widely adopted for linguistic and educational purposes in Hong Kong. Each entry includes a Jyutping syllable onset or rime, an example character, and the full tonal transcription.

Cantonese is a tonal language with six contrastive tones, and each syllable's meaning depends on its tone. Tones are represented with numerals 1–6 placed after the syllable. This chart includes initial consonants, final vowels and diphthongs, and some common syllables, making it a practical reference for learners, educators, and developers building TTS or speech applications.

Note: When using Cantonese phonemes, the alphabet field must be set to jyutping.
Example: <phoneme alphabet="jyutping" ph="sik6 faan6">食饭</phoneme>

Chinese, Cantonese (Traditional, Hong Kong) – yue-Hant-HK

JyutpingExampleTranscription
ppaa3
bbaa1
ttaa1
ddaa2
kkaa1
ggaa1
ffaa1
ssaa1
hhaa1
mmaa1
nnaa5
ngngaa4
ccaa1
zzaa1
llaa1
kwkwaa1
gwgwaa1
wwu1
j廿jaa6
ngng5
mm4
asan1
oso1
ese1
isi1
ufu1
yusyu1
aasaa1
oegoe3

Tone Descriptions (Jyutping)

ToneDescription
1Top tone
2High Rising tone
3Mid tone
4Low Falling tone
5Low Rising tone
6Low tone
Multiple syllables should be spaced, e.g., /gong2 waa6/ for 講話.