平文式羅馬字

Chinese

		James Curtis Hepburn	type; form; pattern type; form; pattern; style	the Latin alphabet; roman letters; romanization
trad. (平文式羅馬字)		平文	式	羅馬字
simp. (平文式罗马字)		平文	式	罗马字

Etymology

"平文" is a Japanese loanword, first used by the creator of the Hepburn romanization, James Curtis Hepburn, on the cover of his Japanese-English and English-Japanese dictionary "和英語林集成" (Waei Gorin Shūsei). He used the kanji to address himself, the former character "平" being pronounced as "hei", and the latter "文" being pronounced as "bon" (among many other variations). Heibon is an imitation of his surname, "Hepburn".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Píngwén shì luómǎzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Píngwén shì luómǎzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Píngwún shìh luómǎzìh
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻing²-wên² shih⁴ lo²-ma³-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: Píng-wén shr̀ lwó-mǎ-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Pyngwen shyh luomaatzyh
    • Palladius: Пинвэнь ши ломацзы (Pinvɛnʹ ši lomaczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiŋ³⁵ wən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ lu̯ɔ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹/

Noun

平文式羅馬字

1. Hepburn romanization (a system of romanization of Japanese)

Synonyms

• 黑本式羅馬字／黑本式罗马字
• 赫本式羅馬字／赫本式罗马字