Does Cantonese have allophonic voicing intervocalically?

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Sorry if you're confused about the title, I'm doing research on the pronunciation of Cantonese, and thought this would be a good place since there's a lot of Cantonese speakers here. I've noticed a phenomenon in Mandarin, and was wondering if it also occured in Cantonese.

So in Mandarin, b d g are usually voiceless /p t k/, while p t k are aspirated /pʰ tʰ kʰ/, but get allophonically voiced intervocalically, as in between two vowels, so not at the start of a word, therefore 打扮 dǎbànwould be pronounced [ta˨˩ban˥˩]

So, does this also occur in Cantonese? Afterall Cantonese is closely related to Mandarin and also has an aspiration distinction. My personal pronunciation doesn't have allophonic voicing, but maybe it's just because I'm used to it and don't pick it up, so I wanna ask more people about this

Posted Jul 6, 2025, 7:29 PM UTC

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