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The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme, [note 1] also known as Jyutping, is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed in 1993 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK). The name Jyutping (itself the Jyutping romanisation of its Chinese name, 粵拼) is a contraction of the official name, and it consists of the ...
Most Hong Kong speakers have merged the high level and high falling tones. In Guangzhou, the high falling tone is disappearing as well, but is still prevalent among certain words, e.g. in traditional Yale Romanization with diacritics , sàam (high falling) means the number three 三 , whereas sāam (high level) means shirt 衫 .
The transcriptions of vowels, consonants and tones in IPA, Jyutping (J) and Yale romanization (Y) are based on Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar, 2nd ed. (2011) [2] and 香港粵語大詞典 (2018). ^ abcdeGlosses are displayed over the dotted line. (Instructions: for desktop computers, hover your mouse cursor over it; for iOS mobile browsers ...
A 1996 draft PRC law banned People's Liberation Army–run businesses [broken anchor] in Hong Kong, but loopholes allow them to operate while the profits are ploughed back into the military. [17] There are many PLA-run corporations in Hong Kong. The PLA also have sizeable land holdings in Hong Kong worth billions of dollars. [17]
Background. English is one of two official languages in Hong Kong – the other being Chinese ( Cantonese) – and is used in academia, business and the courts, as well as in most government materials. Major businesses routinely issue important material in both Chinese and English, and all road and government signs are bilingual.
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong ( LSHK) is a non-profit academic association, which was formally registered as a charitable organization in Hong Kong on 8 March 1986. [1] They are the creators of "The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme" known as Jyutping. [1]
Cantonese Pinyin (Chinese: 常用字廣州話讀音表:拼音方案, also known as 教院式拼音方案) is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Rev. Yu Ping Chiu (余秉昭) in 1971, and subsequently modified by the Education Department (merged into the Education and Manpower Bureau since 2003) of Hong Kong and Zhan Bohui (詹伯慧) of the Chinese Dialects Research Centre of ...
Government of Hong Kong. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, [ 1] commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, is the executive authorities of Hong Kong. It was formed on 1 July 1997 in accordance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1983, an international treaty lodged at the United Nations.