Meyer-Wempe

Meyer-Wempe
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Chinese romanization
Mandarin for Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin (ISO standard) EFEO Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Chinese Postal Map Romanization Tongyong Pinyin Wade-Giles Yale Legge romanization Simplified Wade Comparison chart
Cantonese for Standard Cantonese Guangdong Romanization Hong Kong Government Jyutping Meyer-Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanisation) Standard Cantonese Pinyin Standard Romanization Yale Barnett-Chao
Wu Long-short (romanization)
Min Nan for Taiwanese, Amoy, and related Pe̍h-oē-jī For Hainanese Hainanhua Pinyin Fang'an For Teochew Peng'im
Min Dong for Fuzhou dialect Foochow Romanized
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See also: General Chinese (Chao Yuenren) Cyrillization Xiao'erjing Zhuyin Romanisation in Singapore Romanisation in the ROC (Taiwan)
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The Meyer-Wempe romanization system was developed by two Catholic missionaries in Hong Kong, Bernhard F. Meyer and Theodore F. Wempe, during the 1920s and 1930s for romanizing Standard Cantonese.

Initials

The distinction between the alveolar sibilants ([ts], [tsʰ], and [s]) and alveolo-palatal sibilants ([tɕ], [tɕʰ], and [ɕ]) has been lost in modern Cantonese, though the distinction still existed at the time this system was devised. See Standard Cantonese for more information.

Unlike most Cantonese romanization systems, Meyer-Wempe indicates the entering tones, for a total of ten tones.

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