Hagfa Pinyim(lit.'Hakka Pinyin') is a system ofromanizationused to transcribe Chinese characters as used inHakkaintoLatin script.Hagfa Pinyim was developed byLau Chun-fat(Chinese:Lưu trấn phát) for use in hisHakka Pinyin Dictionary(Chinese:Khách ngữ bính âm tự hối;lit.'Hakka Pinyin Vocabulary') that was published in 1997. The romanization system is named after thePinyinsystem used forMandarin Chineseand is designed to resemble Pinyin.
Hagfa Pinyim uses theLatin alphabetand numbers to indicate tones.[1]A single hyphen is used to represent a compound. The vowels listed are conventional forms, however irregular forms may occur.
^Lau, Chun-fat (2000).A Comparison of "Old-Style" and "New-Style" of the General Hakka Accent as spoken by the "Indigenous Inhabitants" of Hong Kong(PhD thesis). Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Lau, Chun-fat (1997).Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese).Hong Kong, 1997: The Chinese University Press.ISBN962-201-750-9.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location (link)
