Cantonese bopomofo
Semisyllabary used for transcribing Cantonese and Yue Chinese / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cantonese Bopomofo, or Cantonese Phonetic Symbols (traditional Chinese: 粵語注音符號; simplified Chinese: 粤语注音符号; Jyutping: jyut6 jyu5 zyu3 jam1 fu4 hou6; Cantonese Yale: Yuht-yúh jyu-yām fùh-houh) is an extended set of Bopomofo characters used to transcribe Yue Chinese and, specifically, its prestige Cantonese dialect. It was first introduced in early 1930s, and then standardized in 1950. It fell into disuse along with the original Bopomofo for Mandarin Chinese in the late 1950s.
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Time period | 1931 to 1958 in Mainland China |
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Parent systems | Oracle bone script
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Sister systems | Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols, Suzhou Phonetic Symbols, Hmu Phonetic Symbols |
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This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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