HVPT_Cantonese vowels Close front vowel [i] i (Jyutping: [i] as in '詩'[si1]) [hi2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hi_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hi_male.mp3 Close front vowel [y] y (Jyutping: [yu] as in '書'[syu1]) [hyu2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hyu_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hyu_male.mp3 Close back vowel [u] u (Jyutping: [u] as in '夫'[fu1]) [hu2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hu_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hu_male.mp3 Mid front vowel [ɛ] ɛ (Jyutping: [e] as in '車'[ce1]) [he2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_he_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_he_male.mp3 Mid front vowel [œ] œ (Jyutping: [oe] as in '靴'[hoe1]) [hoe2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hoe_oe_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hoe_oe_male.mp3 Mid back vowel [ɔ] ɔ (Jyutping: [o] as in '梳-comb'[so1]) [ho2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_ho_female.mp3 Male Open central vowel [a] a (Jyutping: [aa] as in '沙-sand'[saa1]) [haa2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_ha_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_ha_male.mp3 Close-mid front vowel [ɪ] ɪ (Jyutping: [e] as in '色-color'[sik1]) Female Male Mid central vowel [ɵ] ɵ (Jyutping: [oe] as in '勺-spoon'[soek3/zoek3]) [hoek2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hoe_oe_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hoeK_male.mp3 Close-mid back vowel [ʊ] ʊ (Jyutping: [u] as in '哭-cry'[huk1]) Female Male Open central vowel [ɐ] ɐ (Jyutping: [a] as in '可汉-khan'[hak]) [hak2] Female https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hak_female.mp3 Male https://corpus.eduhk.hk/english_speaking/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Cantonese_hak_male.mp3 → English vowel chart → Mandarin vowel chart