Hagfa Pinyim () is a system of
romanization
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and tra ...
used to transcribe Chinese characters as used in
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
into
Latin script
The Latin script, also known as the Roman script, is a writing system based on the letters of the classical Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Gree ...
. Hagfa Pinyim was developed by
Lau Chun-fat ( zh, 劉鎮發) for use in his ''Hakka Pinyin Dictionary'' ( zh, l=Hakka Pinyin Vocabulary, t=客語拼音字彙) that was published in 1997. The romanization system is named after the
Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...
system used for
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin ( ; zh, s=, t=, p=Guānhuà, l=Mandarin (bureaucrat), officials' speech) is the largest branch of the Sinitic languages. Mandarin varieties are spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area that stretch ...
and is designed to resemble Pinyin.
Writing system
Hagfa Pinyim uses the
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the Ancient Rome, ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered except several letters splitting—i.e. from , and from � ...
and numbers to indicate tones.
A single hyphen is used to represent a compound. The vowels listed are conventional forms, however irregular forms may occur.
Consonants
Semivowel
Vowels
Tones
* All words are written in their original tones instead of tones with
tone sandhi
Tone sandhi is a phonological change that occurs in tonal languages. It involves changes to the tones assigned to individual words or morphemes, based on the pronunciation of adjacent words or morphemes. This change typically simplifies a bidirec ...
.
See also
*
Guangdong Romanization (PinFa) for Hakka
*
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ () is an orthography similar to Pe̍h-ōe-jī and used to write Hakka, a variety of Chinese. Hakka is a whole branch of Chinese, and Hakka dialects are not necessarily mutually intelligible with each other, considering the large geo ...
References
*{{cite book, last=Lau , first=Chun-fat, title=Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese), year=1997, publisher=The Chinese University Press, location=Hong Kong, 1997, isbn=962-201-750-9
Hakka Chinese
Languages of Taiwan
Romanization of Chinese
Latin-script orthographies