pycantonese.jyutping_to_tipa

pycantonese.jyutping_to_tipa(jp_str)[source]

Convert Jyutping romanization into LaTeX TIPA.

New in version 3.0.0: This function replaces the deprecated equivalent jyutping2tipa.

Parameters
jp_strstr

Jyutping romanization for one or multiple characters

Returns
list[str]
Raises
ValueError

If the Jyutping romanization is illegal (e.g., with unrecognized elements).

Examples

>>> jyutping_to_tipa("gwong2dung1waa2")  # 廣東話, Cantonese  
['k\super w ON25', 'tUN55', 'wa25']