<p>JP = Jyutping(粤拼) means Cantonese Pinyin, developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. There really isn't an official romanisation of Cantonese, since it self is a dialect, therefore hard to make official representation, though Jyutping is probably the most widely used one at the moment.</p>

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Thank you. Can you please also write to me that Jyut syllable in IPA. This Cantonese syllable does not seem to resemble any of the Mandarin syllables and I would like to know how the J and the y and the ut are pronounced. How to pronounce these? Thanks.
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<p>I was wondering what PY, JP, and HZ stand for in the Pleco dictionary for Android.</p>
<p>I think, PY probably stands for pinyin.</p>
<p>HZ probably stands for hanzi, but I don't understand, why sometimes HZ appears in the dictionary, and sometimes not.</p>
<p>JP seems found next to Cantonese, but I would like to know what it stands for. I thought Wade-Guiles notation was the standard notation for Cantonese (correct me if I'm wrong), but perhaps not.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I was also wondering why HZ appears, for instance, in the entry for zhu (箸)，but not in the entry for kuai (筷).</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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PY, JP, and HZ in Pleco dictionary
# PY, JP, and HZ in Pleco dictionary

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-03-03)

I was wondering what PY, JP, and HZ stand for in the Pleco dictionary for Android.

I think, PY probably stands for pinyin.

HZ probably stands for hanzi, but I don't understand, why sometimes HZ appears in the dictionary, and sometimes not.

JP seems found next to Cantonese, but I would like to know what it stands for. I thought Wade-Guiles notation was the standard notation for Cantonese (correct me if I'm wrong), but perhaps not.

Thanks.

I was also wondering why HZ appears, for instance, in the entry for zhu (箸)，but not in the entry for kuai (筷).

Thanks.

[![zhu4 Pleco entry](https://i.sstatic.net/kOuEd.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/kOuEd.jpg)

[![Pleco entry for kuai 4](https://i.sstatic.net/UQg8l.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/UQg8l.jpg)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-03-03. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

JP = Jyutping(粤拼) means Cantonese Pinyin, developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. There really isn't an official romanisation of Cantonese, since it self is a dialect, therefore hard to make official representation, though Jyutping is probably the most widely used one at the moment.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you. Can you please also write to me that Jyut syllable in IPA. This Cantonese syllable does not seem to resemble any of the Mandarin syllables and I would like to know how the J and the y and the ut are pronounced. How to pronounce these? Thanks.  

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