Peng'im is a Teochew language romanization system, developed as part of the Guangdong Romanization published by the Guangdong Provincial Education Department in 1960. The system is based on the Swatow dialect. It uses the Latin alphabet, with numbers to denote tones.
Before it was developed, another system called , which was introduced by missionaries in 1875, had been widely used. Since Teochew has high phonetic similarity with Hokkien, another Southern Min variety, and can also be used to transcribe Teochew.
Alphabet This system uses the Latin alphabet, and includes the letter ê. It does not include f, j, q, v, w, x, or y.
Initials There are 18 initial consonants. This includes the zero initial, which is not written with a letter in Peng'im, but is included in the table below as a glottal stop. +InitialsBilabialAlveolarVelarGlottalVoiced (no frictions)nasalm 毛n 年ng 雅plosive or lateralbh 米l 來/內gh 鵝/牙Voiceless stopsaspiratedp 皮t 臺k 可plainb 比d 都g 歌Voiceless affricatesaspiratedc 菜plainz 書Fricativess 士/速h 海/系r 爾
Finals There are 59 finals:
Finals of Teochew Classes Open vowel Mid vowel Close vowelOpen Syllable i 衣 u 汙 a 亞 ia 呀 ua 娃 o 窩 io 腰 ê 啞 uê 鍋 e 余 ai 哀 uai 歪 oi 鞋 ui 威 ao 歐 ou 烏 iou 夭 iu 憂 Nasal vowel in 丸 an 噯 ian 營 uan 鞍 ion 羊 ên 楹 en 秧 ain 愛 oin 閑 Nasal Coda im 音 am [庵]廣州話、客家話、潮汕話與普通話對照詞典（2005年），第545頁。 iam 淹 uam 凡 ing 因 ung 溫 ang 按 iang 央 uang 汪 ong 翁 iong 雍 êng 英 Checked tone ih 裂 ah 鴨 iah 益 uah 活 oh 學 ioh 約 êh 厄 oih 狹 ib 邑 ab 盒 iab 壓 uab 法 ig 乙 ug 熨 ag [惡] iag 躍 uag 蕕[獲] og 屋 iog 育 êg 液
Tones 8 tones of Teochew Tones 陰平 (dark level) 陰上 (dark rising) 陰去 (dark departing) 陰入 (dark entering) 陽平 (light level) 陽上 (light rising) 陽去 (light departing) 陽入 (light entering) Tone value 33 52 213 2 55 35 11 4 Examples 詩、分 死、粉 世、訓 薛、忽 時、雲 是、混 示、份 蝕、佛 Symbols 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Tone is notated as a numeric superscript following the syllable."Teochew · Mogher – 潮州音字典"."潮州話拼音方案ChaoZhou Dialect Romanization Scheme", Min-Chaozhou. For example: 詩 – si1 死 – si2 世 – si3 薛 – sih4
Differences in rime This is a list of differences in rime in dialects of Teochew by regions. Tone in Raoping is almost same as in Swatow.潮州話拼音方案（2003年），根據“潮汕方言韻母內部差異表”章節。 Only general differences are listed, some certain distinctions of certain words are not listed. Swatow Raoping Chaozhou Chenghai Puning根据里湖音、洪阳音和流沙音编写。 Jieyang Chaoyang Haifeng Examples e e u i 餘，許，豬，祠 oi ôi ei 鞋 uin ui ui uain 跪，櫃 oin oin/êng ain ain ain ain 閒，殿 oih eih 狹 iao/iouiao iou iou io/iao 搖，要 io ie ie io 腰 ion ien ien ion 羊 ioh ieh ieh ioh 借，惜，藥，石 am[am] ang[aŋ] am[am] 庵 ab[ap] ag[ak] ap 盒 iam[iam] iem[iem] iang[iaŋ] iam[iam] 嚴 iab[iap] ieb[iep] iag [iak] iap 壓 im[im] ing [iŋ] im 音 ib[ip] ig [ik] ip 溼 ang[aŋ] ang 安 ag [ak] âk 達 iang[iaŋ] iêng[ieŋ] iang 仙 iag [iak] iêg[iek] iâk 傑，設 uang[uaŋ] uêng[ueŋ] uâng 全，完，緣，彎 uag [uak] uêg [uek] uâk 粵 eng [ɯŋ] eng/ing êng/ung êng[eŋ] ing[iŋ] ng/eng 斤 eg [ɯk] êg [ek] êg [ek] ig[ik] 乞 ing[iŋ] ing êng[eŋ] in[in] 因 ung[uŋ] ung un[un] 溫
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