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粵語拼音

jyut6 jyu5 ping3 jam1

yue4 yu3 pin1 yin1

Jyutping — a Cantonese phonetic romanisation scheme adopted by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong in 1993; the name Jyutping comes from the abbreviation of this term to 粵拼

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 835

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

粵語拼音 / 粤语拼音

This word was added by tuan on 8th Dec 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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粵 jyut6 yue4 - Cantonese; Guangdong province
語 jyu5 yu3 - language; speech; speak
拼 ping3 ping1 pin1 - join together; spell (a word)
音 jam1 yin1 - sound; voice; noise; tone

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