Thursday 17 February 2022

潮汕話拼音 Romanised Teochew Explained

As I am to share with English speaking Teochew people, it is important that we have a common understanding of the Romanised Teochew which I use.

In Teochew Romanisation, we use 22 Roman letters and these are a b bh c d ê e g h i k l m n ng o p r s t u z and every character begins with an initial consonant syllable

b bo1

bh bho5 無无

c co2

d do1

g go1

gh gho5 鵝鹅

h ho5

k ko2

l lo5

m  mo2

n no6

ng ngo6

p po6

r  ru5

s so1

t to3 退

z zo6

 

and 60 final syllables 

 

a1

o5 蠔|蚝

ê2瘂|痖

e5餘|余

ai1

oi5

ao1甌|瓯

ou1烏|乌

ng5黃|黄

i

ia7

io1

 

 

uai1

 

iao1

 

ing1

u

ua2

 

uê1鍋|锅

 

 

 

 

 

ung3搵|揾

 

 

am3

ang5

êng7

eng1

ong6擁|拥

ah4鴨|鸭

oh8學|学

êh4

oih8狹|狭

i

iam5鹽|盐

iang3 嬿

 

 

iong2

iah8

ioh4約|约

 

 

u

 

uang2

 

 

 

uah8

 

uêh8劃|划

 

 

 

ab8

ag4惡|恶

og4

êg8|亿

 

 

 

 

 

i

iab4壓|压

iag4躍|跃

iog8

 

 

 

 

 

 

u

uab

uag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

an7 餡|馅

ên5

ain3

oin5閒|闲

 

 

 

 

 

i

ian2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

u

uan1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in5

ib4

ih

ion7

iu5

im1

ig4

ug4

ui1醫|医

uam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iaoh

aoh

And we write our Romanised Teochew from the above. 

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