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* ping³ jam¹, pronounced "ping yum", represents "romanized spelling (拼音)"

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English (英文) ⇄ 廣東話 (Cantonese) → ping³ jam¹

Google Translate Cantonese

Google Translate can translate English to 廣東話 (Cantonese) and vice versa.

• Cantonese and English can be input by speaking (Speech-to-text).
• Available on the Web, as an Android App, or as an iPhone App.
• Shows jyutping phonetics.
• Google Translate currently has more accurate Cantonese than Microsoft's Translator. Microsoft's translator sometimes uses Mandarin words and grammar instead of Cantonese.
• ⚠ Offline Translation and Camera Translation are not available.

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English (英文) ⇄ 廣東話 (Cantonese)

Microsoft's Bing Translator

Microsoft's Bing Translator can translate English to 廣東話 (Cantonese).

Microsoft's Bing Translator can also translate 廣東話 (Cantonese) to English.

• Allows you to input Cantonese or English by Speaking 🗣 (instead of Typing ⌨️).
• Available online on the Web, as an Android App, and as an iPhone App.
• ⚠ Microsoft does not currently show phonetics (ping³ jam¹).
• ⚠ Translations are not the always accurate. Microsoft often incorrectly uses Mandarin Words and Grammar (書面語), rather than Cantonese (粵文 / 口語)*.

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English (英文) ⇄ 廣東話 (Cantonese) → ping³ jam¹

Camp Lingo's Cantonese Translator (Freemium)

Camp Lingo has a Cantonese Translator that can translate English to 廣東話 (Cantonese), and vice versa. The translator also has Jyutping phonetics to show how to spell each Cantonese Chinese word.

• The translated Cantonese is closer to actual Cantonese (Written Cantonese (粵文 / 粵語白話文) + Oral Cantonese (口語)).
• The translator is built on OpenAI’s Chat GPT.
• ⚠ The free version is limited to 10 rapid translations per day. After 10, there is a 1 minute wait between translations.
• (CampLingo also has a Cantonese Chatbot.)
• (Disclaimer: One of our contributors has also contributed to camplingo.)

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English (英文) ← 廣東話 (Cantonese) → ping³ jam¹

Cantonese Sheik Parser

Cantonese Sheik has a Parser to convert individual Cantonese characters (漢字 | hon³ zi⁶) into Jyutping and English.

HamBaangLaang's Graphical Cantonese Converter

HamBaangLaang creates Cantonese stories and learning materials for kids. Their Graphical Cantonese Generator converts 廣東話 into Images with 廣東話 + Jyutping + English.

• Note: To get English words, press ‘Segment’ before pressing ‘Generate’.
• (Their other software tools include fonts and a grader.)

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廣東話 (Cantonese) → ping³ jam¹

Cantonese sounds can be written. This transliteration is known as ping³ jam¹ 拼音 (or pinyin). Methods of spelling Cantonese include Jyutping, Yale Romanization, and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Chinese Converter

Chinese Converter has many Cantonese conversion tools.

• Converts 廣東話 to Jyutping (jyut6 ping3 | 粵拼)

Hong Kong Vision

Hong Kong Vision has several conversion tools and dictionaries.

• Converts 廣東話 to Jyutping (jyut6 ping3 | 粵拼)
• Converts 廣東話 to Yale (yèh lóuh | ye4 lou5 | 耶魯拼法)
• Converts 廣東話 to Cantonese Pinyin (gaau3 jyn6 sik7 ping3 jam1 fong1 on3 | 教院式拼音方案)
• Converts 廣東話 to Sidney Lau Romanisation (lau4 sek3 cheung4 ping3 yam1 | 劉錫祥拼音)
• Converts 廣東話 to Guangdong Romanisation (guong2 dung1 ping3 yem1 fong1 on3 | 廣東拼音方案)

Easy Pronunciation (Free & Paid)

Easy Pronunciation is a paid service that offers phonetic translators and recordings. The free version is limited to converting 25 characters. To convert more characters, it costs 75 HKD (8 £) per month, or 230 HKD (25 £) for lifetime access.

• Converts 廣東話 to Jyutping (ping³jam¹)
• Converts 廣東話 to Yale (pingyām)
• Converts 廣東話 to IPA (pʰeŋ³jɐm¹ | pʰe̟ŋjɐ̄m)

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廣東話 (Cantonese) ← ping³ jam¹

There are several Ping³jam¹ (pinyin) input methods for Cantonese. Different devices have different options.

• 🖥 See Cantonese Input for Apple Laptops (Macbooks and Macs)
• 📱 See Cantonese Input for iPhones and iPads
• 📱 See Cantonese Input for Android Phones (Samsung, Google Pixels, HTC, etc.)
• 🖥 Online Branah.com's Jyutping Input Keyboard
• 🖥 Online Jyutping.com Input Keyboard

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