Cantonese Pronunciation Tool - Jyutping Translator

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Convert to: Jyutping粵拼 ➔ jyut⁶ping³

Jyutping
粵拼 ➔ jyut⁶ping³

Yale romanization
粵拼 ➔ yuhtping

IPA with tone numbers
粵拼 ➔ jyːt̚⁶pʰeŋ³

IPA with tone marks
粵拼 ➔ jy̱ːt̚pʰe̟ŋ

Source text

simplified characters

traditional characters

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Word's meaning

"to word list"

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Links to online dictionaries:

Wiktionary: yue ➔ en

Advanced options

Correct tones for 一, 不

Convert Chinese numbers: convert to hanzi56 ➔ 五十六 /ng⁵sap⁶ luk⁶/

convert to hanzi
56 ➔ 五十六 /ng⁵sap⁶ luk⁶/

no
56 ➔ 56

one by one
56 ➔ 5 6 /ng⁵ luk⁶/

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Voice: XiaoMinChina

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XiaoMinChina

YunSongChina

HiuMaanHong Kong SAR China

WanLungHong Kong SAR China

Hiujin

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How to use this Cantonese jyutping translator

Introduction

This online Cantonese pronunciation tool can convert text into several different formats:

1. Jyutping
2. Yale romanization of Cantonese
3. International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

The jyutping converter understands both simplified and traditional characters.

To create this phonetic converter we used Chinese dictionary CC-CEDICT, Cantonese dictionary CC-Canto and information from Wikipedia.

If you need to copy the phonetic transcription into another program or print it, please read our FAQ.

Watch a tutorial "How to convert text to phonetic transcription and listen to audio recordings of words"

High-quality computer-generated audio

You can easily create audio for your text using this pronunciation generator. Listen to the voice samples below.

Text-to-speech service is provided by the following companies:

• Google
• Amazon
• Microsoft

Each time you generate an audio, we have to pay one of these companies.

Text-to-speech service is only available with the subscription Premium.

Translation to your native language

This pronunciation generator allows you to obtain an automatic translation of your text to your native language.

Automatic translation service is provided by a third-party company (Google). Each time you translate text into another language, we have to pay Google a small fee.

Translation service is only available with the subscription Premium.

Built-in Cantonese dictionary

This phonetic translator has a built-in Cantonese-English dictionary. It contains more than 100,000 words.

Before you can activate it, make sure this page is displayed in English. If necessary, set the page language to "English" in the top left corner.

Here's what you need to do to activate the dictionary:

1. For the setting Transcription display options select the option "transcription above each word".
2. In the section Choose what you will see when you click the word turn on the option "Word's meaning".
3. After submitting your text, click on any word in the results to see its definition.

Create your own custom word lists

You can create your own custom word lists using this phonetic translator. Here's how you can do it:

1. For the setting Transcription display options select the option "transcription above each word".
2. In the section Choose what you will see when you click the word turn on the option " to word list".
3. After submitting your text, click on the word you want to add to the word list and then click the button " to word list".
4. You will be prompted to select the transcription and enter the meaning/translation of the word (the latter for most languages is optional).
5. Once you finished adding words to your word list, click on My Account at the top of the page and then on My word lists. You will see the list of all your word lists.

There are so many things you can do with your word list:

1. export it to a file (Word, Excel, plain text),
2. print it from your browser,
3. share it with other people (for example, your students),
4. practice pronunciation of every word using the audio recordings of real people (if available) or high-quality text-to-speech voices.

Watch a tutorial "How to create custom word lists"

Chinese characters worksheet generator

This tool also allows you to create your own worksheet to practice writing Chinese characters. In order to do that, you will need to submit some Chinese text. Then you may choose your worksheet settings:

• How many times each character will be displayed
• Regular (kaishu) or running (xingshu) script
• Font size
• Grid style

Learning Cantonese as second language: phonetic transcription can help you improve your Cantonese pronunciation

Cantonese pronunciation can appear quite complicated for people starting to learn Cantonese. Consider the fact that Cantonese has 9 tones. If you don't learn how to inflect your voice in 9 different ways, native speakers will not understand what you are saying!

One of the most popular system to transcribe Cantonese is jyutping. It is good, however there is a better alternative that will help you with your Cantonese pronunciation.

If you want to progress quickly we highly recommend you use International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to help you learn how to pronounce Cantonese words correctly.

This tool will serve you as an Cantonese pronunciation guide and will help you save time. You will no longer need to look up the pronunciation of words in a dictionary.

If you use the phonetic transcription regularly in combination with Cantonese audio and video recordings, your pronunciation and listening skills in the Cantonese language will improve.