Pe̍h-ōe-jī

See also: peh-oe-ji, pe̍h-ōe-jī, and Peh-oe-ji

English

Alternative forms

• pe̍h-ōe-jī, Peh-oe-ji, peh-oe-ji

Etymology

Transliteration of Hokkien 白話字 / 白话字 (“vernacular writing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪweɪˈd͡ʒiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

Pe̍h-ōe-jī (uncountable)

1. A Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien, created and introduced by Presbyterian Christian missionaries in the 19th century.

Translations

a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien

• Arabic: بيخوتسي (baykhuwatsī)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 白話字 / 白话字 (baak⁶ waa^6-2 zi⁶), 教會羅馬字 / 教会罗马字 (gaau³ wui^6-2 lo⁴ maa⁵ zi⁶), 教羅 / 教罗 (gaau³ lo⁴)

  Eastern Min: 白話字 / 白话字 (băh-uâ-cê)

  Hakka: 白話字 / 白话字 (pha̍k-fa-sṳ)

  Hokkien: 白話字 / 白话字 (pe̍h-ōe-jī, pe̍h-ōe-lī), 教會羅馬字 / 教会罗马字 (kàu-hōe lô-má-jī, kàu-hōe lô-má-lī), 教羅 / 教罗 (kàu-lô)

  Mandarin: 白話字 / 白话字 (zh) (báihuàzì), 教會羅馬字 / 教会罗马字 (jiàohuì luómǎzì), 教羅 / 教罗 (jiào-luó)

• Finnish: Pe̍h-ōe-jī -ortografia
• Japanese: 白話字 (ja) (はくわじ, hakuwaji), 教会ローマ字 (kyōkai rōmaji)
• Korean: 백화자 (baekhwaja)
• Russian: пэвэ́дзи́ m or f (pɛvɛ́dzí), байхуа́цзы́ m or f (bajxuáczý)
• Ukrainian: пе-ое-зі (pe-oe-zi)
• Vietnamese: Phiên âm Bạch thoại, Bạch thoại tự (vi)

See also

• Tâi-lô

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of Pe̍h-ōe-jī – see 白話字 (“vernacular writing; Pe̍h-ōe-jī; POJ; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 白話字).