HVPT_Cantonese vowels

HVPT_Cantonese vowels
Close front vowel [i] Close front vowel [y] Close back vowel [u] Mid front vowel [ɛ] Mid front vowel [œ] Mid back vowel [ɔ] Open central vowel [a] Close-mid front vowel [ɪ] Mid central vowel [ɵ] Close-mid back vowel [ʊ] Open central vowel [ɐ]

Close front vowel [i]

i
(Jyutping: [i] as in '詩'[si1])
[hi2]
Female


Male

Close front vowel [y]

y
(Jyutping: [yu] as in '書'[syu1])
[hyu2]
Female

Male

Close back vowel [u]

u
(Jyutping: [u] as in '夫'[fu1])
[hu2]
Female

Male

Mid front vowel [ɛ]

ɛ
(Jyutping: [e] as in '車'[ce1])
[he2]
Female

Male

Mid front vowel [œ]

œ
(Jyutping: [oe] as in '靴'[hoe1])
[hoe2]
Female

Male

Mid back vowel [ɔ]

ɔ
(Jyutping: [o] as in '梳-comb'[so1])
[ho2]
Female

Male

Open central vowel [a]

a
(Jyutping: [aa] as in '沙-sand'[saa1])
[haa2]
Female

Male

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

Male

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

Male