A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced According to the Dialect of Canton (粵音韻彙) is a
book written by
Wong Shik-Ling (黃錫凌) within a few years before being published in
Hong Kong, 1941. It is one of the most influential books on the
research of
Cantonesepronunciation. Many
Chinese dictionaries later used Wong's
Chinese character indices and system of
phonetic symbols to denote the Cantonese pronunciation of Chinese characters. Because of its significance, the book has been reprinted many times after its first publishing.
Categories of Chinese character according to distinct Cantonese pronunciation syllabus. It is first ordered by
finals, second by
initials, and third by
tones alphabetically.