The romanization used is a modified version of the Yale romanization, modified as follows: (1) No effort is made to distinguish between Yale's "high level" and "high falling" tones, which are not universally reflected in all Cantonese romanizations and which appear to be no longer distinctive in Hong Kong Cantonese. As a general rule, syllables which end with a stop (p, t, or k) have the "high level" tone; but there are numerous exceptions. (2) Digits 1-6 are used to indicate the tones -- 1 == High level/high falling 2 == High rising 3 == Middle level 4 == Low falling 5 == Low rising 6 == Low level (3) Accordingly, the letter "H" is *not* used as a tone indicator Cantonese pronunciations are sorted alphabetically, not in order of frequency