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I see it, I understand what's going on - it's clear, but I still cannot read it. How do you read those pronunciations?
by Keyframe 3y ago
I see it, I understand what's going on - it's clear, but I still cannot read it. How do you read those pronunciations?
- Umofomia 3y agoThe font annotates each character using the Jyutping system for Cantonese pronunciation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyutping
- likpok 3y agoYou have to understand both how the jyutping romanization works (i.e. what sound 'bat' makes) as well as what the tones in Cantonese are. I'll let you read about the initials and finals (mostly consonants and vowels). There are some tricky ones: the 'c' in cat is pronounced more like an aspirated 'ts'. There are six or nine tones in Cantonese: high middle rising middle low rising low low falling There are also three "entering" tones that some people don't distinguish at all, as they're sort of just the high/middle/low tones but short. I couldn't tell you whether they're really separate tones or just short versions of the first six. You can see how the tone marks on the font line up with the tones here -- if you know them, the font marks are a reasonable guide.
- ackfoobar 3y ago> There are some tricky ones: the 'c' in cat is pronounced more like an aspirated 'ts'. I would be perfectly happy if a non-native speaker pronounces "c" and "z" like the English "ch" and soft "g".
- ackfoobar 3y agoFor a rough guide of the sounds, the pronunciation key in Wikipedia does a good enough job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Cantonese