Books with Jyutping

I love books with jyutping! It is inclusive to families who are learning to speak or read in Cantonese. Cantonese is a very hard language, a consistent pronunciation guide is helpful for us learners to learn together, communicate with each other and look up unfamiliar words. If you are new to jyutping, it is a romanization system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Jyutping and Yale are the most common Cantonese romanization. However, I have found jyutping is more accessible than yale. To learn more about jyutping, you can watch the following videos on YouTube: jyutping introduction and Cantonese tones.

I am thrilled to see many Cantonese resources available now. The community has really thrived in the last couple of years. Below I will share some books that have jyutping that you might want to add to your home library.

If you are looking for more Cantonese content with Jyutping, make sure to check out my shop and printables for more fun activities.

Board Books

Duck Duck Books

I Am Me! 我就係我自己！
All Puppies Are Good Puppies 所有嘅狗仔都係乖狗仔
I Love You More 我最愛嘅人就係你

Available in many countries. Full list here.

Bitty Bao, Lulu Cheng & Lacey Benard

Counting with Dim Sum
The Colors of Snow Ice
Everyday Heroes
Celebrating Chinese New Year – a book about family
Lucky Lunar Animals – a book of animals
Dragon Boat Festival – a book of shapes
Boba Emotions – a book of emotions
Foodie Detectives – a book of clues
It’s Hot Pot Time!

Also available at Little Kozzi, Summit Kids, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.

Jojo Adventure Books, Emily Shan

Jojo Goes to the Aquarium 祖兒去水族館
Jojo Goes Berry Picking 祖兒去摘莓
Jojo Goes to the Zoo 祖兒去動物園

Kebi Books, Nathan

A Magical Book of Numbers*

Also available at Little Kozzi, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.

* The physical book features Mandarin text and pinyin. With the augmented reality (AR) app, the book can display Cantonese text, jyutping and Cantonese audio.

Cantonese Stories written in Conversational Cantonese

These books are written in conversational Cantonese. You will see words such as 嘅 instead of 的 and 係 instead of 是.

Little Canto Learning, Farina Leong

My Troublesome Little Sister 我的麻煩妹妹
My Grandma 我的嫲嫲, 我的婆婆

Available at Amazon.

Mooliprint, Ann Hamilton

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 高蒂樂絲與三隻小熊
The Three Little Pigs 三隻小豬
Oh No, Monty! 唔好呀，Monty!
Rapunzel 長髮姑娘

Also available at Amazon.

Lele and Monkey, Tiffany Kwan

Lele Goes Out to Play 樂樂出去玩
Monkey’s Great Adventure 馬騮仔的大冒險

Also available at Little Kozzi, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.

Lychee Press, Katrina Liu

Mina Goes to the Beach 米娜去沙灘
A Colorful World 彩色世界
I Found It 我搵到喇
I Love My Grandpa 我愛我嘅公公

Also available at Amazon.

Cue Education, Kapo Szeto

Let’s Have Dim Sum 齊齊食點心
Happy Chinese New Year! 新年快樂!
Chinese Bakery 中式餅店
Travel the World with Me 陪我環遊世界
My Daily Routine 我的日常生活
Who’s in the Forest? 誰在森林裡?
Eating Utensils 餐具
The Way I Feel 我的心情
The Everchanging Weather 多變的天氣
Dressing Warm for Winter 溫溫暖暖過冬天

Cat Like Studio Books, Deborah Lau

Today is my Birthday! 今日係我生日啊
Cycling in Spring 春天踩單車

Available at Amazon.

Jok Sing Jai, Samantha Chan

I’m Too Loud! 我太嘈啦!

Available at Amazon.

Annie Mau

Also available at Little Kozzi and more.

Hambaanglaang

Full Collection of 40 books, hard copy
Also has free resources on their website and YouTube channel

Also available at Little Kozzi and more.

Cantonese Stories Written in Standard Chinese

These books are written in the standard Chinese written form.

Jok Sing Jai, Samantha Chan

Who’s Not Sharing? 誰不是在分享?
I Love My Daddy 我愛爸爸
Because My Mommy Loves Me 因為我的媽媽愛我
Who’s The Winner? 誰勝出了?
What Fruit Am I? 我是什麼水果?
Chinese New Year Greetings For Jok Sings
Lucky Red Mittens 幸運紅手套

Available at Amazon.

Super Speak Juniors, M Kan & H Wang

Chinese Legends

Available at Amazon.

Vocabulary Books

Little Canto Learning, Farina Leong

My First Words in Chinese
Animals 動物
Daily Vocab
Food and Drink 食物和飲品
My House 我的屋

Available at Amazon.

Green Cow Books, Karen Yee

My First Everyday Words
My First Animals
My First Colors
My First Book of Things that Go
Goh Goh and Dai Dai’s
Big Day with Elephant

Also available at Little Kozzi, De Ziremi 禧西利米 and more.

Level Readers

Little Bean Cantonese, Sophie & Nanz

小豆釘， 40 issues available

Only available at Little Bean Cantonese’s Patreon page. Only introduction of characters includes jyutping. Rest of the text does not include jyutping.