Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation

Romanization of Chinese
Mandarin
Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin EFEO Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Postal romanisation Tongyong Pinyin Wade–Giles Yale romanisation Lessing-Othmer Legge romanisation Simplified Wade Comparison chart
Sichuanese Sichuanese Pinyin Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz
Wu
General Wu Romanization of Wu Chinese
Wenzhounese Wenzhounese romanisation
Yue
Cantonese Jyutping Yale romanisation Guangdong Romanisation Hong Kong Government Macau Government Meyer–Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanisation) Cantonese Pinyin Standard Romanisation Barnett–Chao Comparison chart
Min
Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī Modern Literal Taiwanese Phofsit Daibuun Habhunwe Latinxua Sin Bhundzi Bbánlám pìngyīm Daighi tongiong pingim TLPA Tâi-lô Comparison chart
Teochew Peng'im Pe̍h-ūe-jī
Fuzhounese Foochow Romanised Fuzhou Transliteration Scheme
Northern Min Kienning Colloquial Romanised
Pu-Xian Min Hinghwa Romanised
Hainanese Hainan Romanised (Haikou dialect) Hainanese Transliteration Scheme (Wenchang dialect)
Gan
Nanchang-Duchang dialect Pinfa
Hakka
Meixian dialect Pinfa Hagfa Pinyim
Sixian dialect Pha̍k-fa-sṳ TLPA
Xiang
Chang–Yi dialects Pinfa
Polylectal
General Chinese Romanized General Chinese
See also
Other transliterations Character-based General Chinese Cyrillisation Xiao'erjing 'Phags-pa script Bopomofo Taiwanese kana Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols Transcription into Chinese
By place Romanisation in Hong Kong Romanisation in Singapore Romanisation in Taiwan
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The Hong Kong Government uses an unpublished system of Romanisation of Cantonese for public purposes which is based on the 1888 standard described by Roy T Cowles in 1914 as Standard Romanisation.^[1]^: iv The primary need for Romanisation of Cantonese by the Hong Kong Government is in the assigning of names to new streets and places. It has not formally or publicly disclosed its method for determining the appropriate Romanisation in any given instance.

^ Cowles, Roy T (1914). Cowles' Pocket Dictionary of Cantonese. Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh Ltd.