Cantonese Keyboard - Jyutping

CanCLID

About this app

Jyutping is a Cantonese input method that is intuitive and efficient—making typing fast, accurate, and effortless.
Type Cantonese just as you speak it — naturally and fluently.
Every input reinforces your pronunciation. The more you use Jyutping, the more familiar you become with Cantonese.

Ready to use right out of the box, with virtually no complicated setup.
Open source, ad-free, and fully offline — no privacy concerns.

Based on the Jyutping romanization scheme developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), and compatible with various spelling habits.
You can perform reverse lookup of Jyutping using Mandarin Pinyin, Cangjie, Quick (Sucheng), Stroke input, and character decomposition. Detailed explanations are available within the app.

Keyboard feature highlights:
• Standard Jyutping input, e.g. neihou → 你好
• Abbreviated Jyutping input, e.g. nh / nhou / neih → 你好
• Tone input support for greater accuracy, helping learners master Cantonese tones and pronunciation
• Candidate words display corresponding Jyutping syllables, making typing easier while reinforcing correct pronunciation
• Supports both Traditional and Simplified Chinese characters, with Traditional characters distinguishing between Hong Kong and Taiwan standards
• Reverse lookup via Mandarin Pinyin: prefix with R (e.g. rlin → 林)
• Reverse lookup via Cangjie or Quick (Sucheng): prefix with V (e.g. vdd → 林)
• Reverse lookup via stroke input: prefix with X (e.g. xwsad → 木)
• Reverse lookup via character decomposition: prefix with Q (e.g. qmukmuk → 林)
• Emoji suggestions that match Cantonese expressions, e.g. daai cung (大蟲) suggests the tiger emoji
• A rich vocabulary tailored to Cantonese usage and grammar for smooth, natural typing
• Includes common English vocabulary for seamless bilingual input
• Multiple keyboard layouts available: 26-key QWERTY, 26-key triple-spell, 9-key (T9), etc.
• Fully supports light and dark modes, with adjustable keyboard height
• Convenient editing tools: copy, cut, paste, and cursor movement
• Optional sound and haptic feedback for key presses

The main app provides extensive Cantonese resources for convenient learning and reference:
• Detailed guides for using all Jyutping keyboard functions
• Jyutping scheme tables of initials, finals, and tones
• Common Cantonese phrases and expressions
• Pronunciations of commonly used Cantonese words
• Cantonese pronunciation lookup and dictionary search
• Text-to-Jyutping conversion
• Cantonese text-to-speech

We respect user privacy and do not collect any personal information.

This app is fully open source on GitHub:
https://github.com/yuetyam/jyutping-android

To learn more about Jyutping and Cantonese keyboards, visit our official website:
https://jyutping.app

Ratings and reviews

great app! would be nice if we can set english as default and add autocorrect/word suggestion functions, and would love to see more skins in the future!

Okay as a "Chinese" keyboard but not a genuine keyboard for native "Cantonese" people. Therefore it should not be named as "Cantonese". At best use the word "Traditional".

please add english language

What’s new

1. Improved keyboard performance and smoothness.
2. Enhanced Jyutping reverse lookup via character decomposition.