Guangdong Romanization
| Transliteration of Chinese |
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| Mandarin |
| Wu |
| Yue |
| Min |
| Gan |
| Hakka |
| Xiang |
| Polylectal |
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Guangdong Romanizationrefers to the four romanization schemes published by theGuangdongProvincial Education Department in 1960 for transliteratingCantonese,Teochew,HakkaandHainanese.The schemes utilized similar elements with some differences in order to adapt to their respective spoken varieties.
In certain respects, Guangdong romanization resemblespinyinin its distinction of thealveolarinitialsz,c,sfrom thealveolo-palatalinitialsj,q,xand in its use ofb,d,gto represent the unaspiratedstop consonants/ptk/.In addition, it makes use of themedialubefore therimerather than representing it aswin the initial when it followsgork.
Guangdong romanization makes use ofdiacriticsto represent certain vowels. This includes the use of thecircumflex,acute accentanddiaeresisin the lettersê,éandü,respectively. In addition, it uses-b,-d,-gto represent thecoda consonants/ptk/rather than-p,-t,-klike other romanization schemes in order to be consistent with their use as unaspirated plosives in the initial.Tonesare marked bysuperscriptnumbers rather than by diacritics.
Cantonese
[edit]The scheme forCantoneseis outlined in "The Cantonese Transliteration Scheme" (simplified Chinese:Quảng châu thoại bính âm phương án;traditional Chinese:Quảng châu thoại bính âm phương án;pinyin:Guǎngzhōuhuà Pīnyīn Fāng'àn). It is referred to as theCanton Romanizationon theLSHKcharacter database. The system is not used in Hong Kong where romanization schemes such asHong Kong Government,Yale,Cantonese PinyinandJyutpingare popular, though it can be seen in works released in thePeople's Republic of Chinaregarding Cantonese.
Teochew
[edit]The scheme for theTeochew dialectofMin Nanis outlined in "The Teochew Transliteration Scheme" (simplified Chinese:"Triều châu thoại bính âm phương án";traditional Chinese:〈 triều châu thoại bính âm phương án 〉;pinyin:Cháozhōuhuà Pīnyīn Fāng'àn). This scheme (and another similar scheme which is based upon this scheme) is often referred to asPeng'im,which is the Teochew pronunciation ofpinyin.
This scheme is the romanization scheme currently described in theTeochew dialectarticle.
Hakka
[edit]The scheme forHakkais outlined in "The Hakka Transliteration Scheme" (simplified Chinese:Khách gia thoại bính âm phương án;traditional Chinese:Khách gia thoại bính âm phương án;pinyin:Kèjiāhuà Pīnyīn Fāng'àn). The scheme describes theMeixiandialect, which is generally regarded as the de facto standard dialect of Hakka in mainland China.
Hainanese
[edit]The scheme forHainaneseis outlined in the "Hainanese Transliteration Scheme" (simplified Chinese:Hải nam thoại bính âm phương án;traditional Chinese:Hải nam thoại bính âm phương án;pinyin:Hǎinánhuà Pīnyīn Fāng'àn). The scheme describes theWenchang dialect,which is generally regarded as the prestige dialect of Hainanese in mainland China, used in provincial broadcasting.
External links
[edit]- Cukda Cantonese IME
- Quảng châu thoại bính âm phương án - GuangZhou Dialect (Cantonese) Romanization Scheme
- Triều châu thoại bính âm phương án - ChaoZhou Dialect Romanization Scheme
- Mai huyện thoại bính âm phương án - Meixian Dialect ( khách gia / Kejia / Hakka ) Romanization Scheme
- Hải nam thoại bính âm văn tự phương án - The Hainanese Transliteration Scheme
References
[edit]- Yang, Mingxin ( dương minh tân ) (1999).A Concise Cantonese-English Dictionary ( giản minh việt anh từ điển ).Guangdong Higher Education Publishing House ( quảng đông cao đẳng giáo dục xuất bản xã ).ISBN7-5361-2350-7.