Sidney Lau romanisation

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Chinese romanisation
Mandarin
Standard Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (ISO standard) EFEO Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Chinese Postal Map Romanisation Tongyong Pinyin Wade–Giles Yale romanisation Lessing-Othmer Legge romanisation Simplified Wade Comparison chart
Sichuanese Mandarin Sichuanese Pinyin Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz
Yue
Cantonese Guangdong Romanisation Hong Kong Government Jyutping Meyer-Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanisation) Cantonese Pinyin Standard Romanisation Yale romanisation Barnett–Chao
Wu
Shanghai and Suzhou dialects Long-short
Wenzhounese Wenzhounese romanisation
Min — Min Nan
Taiwanese, Amoy and related Pe̍h-ōe-jī Modern Literal Taiwanese Phofsit Daibuun Bbínpīn Hōngàn Daighi tongiong pingim TLPA Tâi-lô Comparison chart
Hainanese Hainanhua Pinyin Fang'an
Teochew Peng'im
Min — Min Dong
Fuzhou dialect Foochow Romanised
Hakka
Moiyan dialect Kejiahua Pinyin Fang'an Hagfa Pinyim
Siyen dialect Pha̍k-fa-sṳ TLPA
Gan
Nanchang dialect Pha̍k-oa-chhi
See also
Other transliterations General Chinese Cyrillisation Xiao'erjing 'Phags-pa script Bopomofo Taiwanese kana Mongolian transliteration Manchu transliteration Transcription into Chinese
By place Romanisation in Hong Kong Romanisation in Singapore Romanisation in Taiwan
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Sidney Lau is a system of romanisation for Cantonese, developed by Sidney Lau for teaching Cantonese. It was developed for use in Cantonese radio, and is essentially an adaptation of the Meyer-Wempe romanisation.

Initials

b [p]	p [pʰ]	m [m]	f [f]
d [t]	t [tʰ]	n [n]		l [l]
g [k]	k [kʰ]	ng [ŋ]	h [h]
gw [kw]	kw [kʰw]			w [w]
j [ts]	ch [tsʰ]		s [s]	y [j]

Finals

a [aː]	aai [aːi]	aau [aːu]	aam [aːm]	aan [aːn]	aang [aːŋ]	aap [aːp]	aat [aːt]	aak [aːk]
	ai [ɐi]	au [ɐu]	am [ɐm]	an [ɐn]	ang [ɐŋ]	ap [ɐp]	at [ɐt]	ak [ɐk]
e [ɛː]	ei [ei]				eng [ɛːŋ]			ek [ɛːk]
i [iː]		iu [iːu]	im [iːm]	in [iːn]	ing [ɪŋ]	ip [iːp]	it [iːt]	ik [ɪk]
oh [ɔː]	oi [ɔːi]	o [ou]		on [ɔːn]	ong [ɔːŋ]		ot [ɔːt]	ok [ɔːk]
oo [uː]	ooi [uːi]			oon [uːn]	ung [ʊŋ]		oot [uːt]	uk [ʊk]
euh [œː]		ui [ɵy]		un [ɵn]	eung [œːŋ]		ut [ɵt]	euk [œːk]
ue [yː]				uen [yːn]			uet [yːt]

Tones

Seven tones are indicated using superscripted numbers.

Tone description	Marking
high falling 1	$a^{1}$
middle rising 2	$a^{2}$
middle level 3	$a^{3}$
high level 1⁰	$a^{{1^{0}}}$
low falling 4	$a^{4}$
low rising 5	$a^{5}$
low level 6	$a^{6}$

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