Chinese (Cantonese) (yue-CN)

The following table lists the Jyutping and International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) phonemes for the Cantonese voice that is supported by Amazon Polly. Jyutping is a romanization system of Cantonese which is commonly used in academia and among Cantonese speakers. IPA and X-SAMPA are not commonly used but are available for English support. The IPA and X-SAMPA symbols in the table are for reference only and should not be used for Chinese transcription. Jyutping examples and the corresponding visemes are also shown.

To make Amazon Polly use phonetic pronunciation with Jyutping, use the phoneme alphabet="x-amazon-jyutping"tag.

The following examples show this with each standard.

Jyutping:

<speak>
     你講 <phoneme alphabet="x-amazon-jyutping" ph="sing2">醒</phoneme>。 
     我講 <phoneme alphabet="x-amazon-jyutping" ph="seng2">醒</phoneme>。
</speak> 

IPA:

<speak>
     你講 <phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="pɪˈkɑːn">pecan</phoneme>。 
     我講 <phoneme alphabet="ipa" ph="ˈpi.kæn">pecan</phoneme>。
</speak> 

X-SAMPA:

<speak>
     你講 <phoneme alphabet='x-sampa' ph='pI"kA:n'>pecan</phoneme>。 
     我講 <phoneme alphabet='x-sampa' ph='"pi.k{n'>pecan</phoneme>。
</speak> 

Note

Amazon Polly accepts Cantonese input encoded in UTF-8 only.

Phoneme/Viseme Table
Jyutping	IPA	X-SAMPA	Description	Jyutping Example	Viseme
Consonants
b	p	p	voiceless bilabial plosive	巴, baa1	p
c	tsʰ	ts_h	aspirated voiceless alveolar affricate	叉, caa1	s
d	t	t	voiceless alveolar plosive	打, daa2	t
f	f	f	voiceless labiodental fricative	花, faa1	f
g	k	k	voiceless velar plosive	家, gaa1	k
gw	kʷ	k_w	labialized voiceless velar plosive	瓜, gwaa1	u
h	h	h	voiceless glottal fricative	哈, haa1	k
k	kʰ	k_h	aspirated voiceless velar plosive	卡, kaa1	k
kw	kʷʰ	k_wh	labialized aspirated voiceless velar plosive	誇, kwaa1	u
l	l	l	alveolar lateral approximant	啦, laa1	t
m	m	m	bilabial nasal	媽, maa1	p
m	m	m=	syllabic bilabial nasal	唔, m4	p
ng	ŋ	N	velar nasal	牙, ngaa4	k
ng	ŋ	N=	syllabic velar nasal	吳, ng4	k
n	n	n	alveolar nasal	拿, naa4	t
p	pʰ	p_h	aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive	趴, paa1	p
s	s	s	voiceless alveolar fricative	沙, saa1	s
t	tʰ	t_h	aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive	他, taa1	t
w	w	w	labio-velar approximant	娃, waa1	u
y	j	j	palatal approximant	也, jaa5	i
z	ts	ts	voiceless alveolar affricate	渣, zaa1	s
Vowels
a	ɐ	6	near-open central vowel	吉, gat1	a
aa	ɑ	A	open back unrounded vowel	家, gaa1	a
aai	ɑi	Ai	dipthong	街, gaai1	a
aau	ɑu	Au	dipthong	交, gaau1	a
ai	ɐi	6i	dipthong	雞, gai1	a
au	ɐu	6u	dipthong	溝, kau1	a
e	ɛ	E	open-mid front unrounded vowel	爹, de1	E
ei	ei	ei	dipthong	基, gei1	e
eo	ɵ	8	close-mid central rounded vowel	春, ceon1	o
eoi	ɵy	8y	diphthong	居, geoi1	o
eu	ɛu	Eu	diphthong	掉 in 掉垃圾, deu6	E
i	i	i	close front unrounded vowel	斯, si1	i
i	I	l	near-close near-front unrounded vowel	激, gik1	i
iu	iu	iu	diphthong	驕, giu1	i
o	ɔ	O	open-mid back rounded vowel	哥, go1	O
oe	œ	9	open-mid front rounded vowel	鋸, goe3	O
oi	ɔi	Oi	dipthong	該, goi1	O
ou	ou	ou	dipthong	高, gou1	o
u	u	u	close back rounded vowel	姑, gu1	u
u	ʊ	U	near-close near-back rounded vowel	谷, guk5	u
ui	ui	ui	dipthong	攰, gui6	u
yu	y	y	close front rounded vowel	於, jyu1	u
Tone marks and Additional Symbols
1			high level	詩, si1
2			medium rising	史, si2
3			medium level	試, si3
4			very low level	時, si4
5			low rising	市, si5
6			low level	是, si6
-	.	.	syllable boundary	語音 jyu5-jam1