Editing Meyer–Wempe (section)

==Tones==
Diacritics are used to mark the six [[Cantonese phonology#Tones|tones of Cantonese]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Huang |first1=Parker |last2=Kok |first2=Gerard P.|date=1973 |title=Speak Cantonese - Book 1 3rd Edition |url=https://archive.org/details/speakcantonese00huan |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/speakcantonese00huan/page/15 15]|publisher=Far Eastern Publications, Yale University |isbn=978-0887100949}}</ref> The tone mark should be placed above the first letter of the final.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Description
![[Tone contour|Contour]]
!Tone mark
!Example
|-
|1
|high flat/high falling
|55 / 53
|No mark
|ma
|-
|2
|high rising
|35
|[[Acute accent]] ( ´ )
|má
|-
|3
|mid flat
|33
|[[Grave accent]] ( ` )
|mà
|-
|4
|low falling
|21
|[[Circumflex]] ( ˆ )
|mâ
|-
|5
|low rising
|23
|[[Breve]] ( ˘ )
|mă
|-
|6
|low flat
|22
|[[Macron (diacritic)|Macron]]( ¯ )
|mā
|}