( zh, s=潮州话拼音方案, t=潮州話拼音方案: ( Teochew) ( Swatow), : or , : or ) is a Teochew dialect romanization system as a part of Guangdong Romanization published by Guangdong Provincial Education Department in 1960. The tone of this system is based on the Swatow dialect. The system uses the

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to transcribe pronunciation and numbers to note tones. Before that, another system called , which was introduced by the missionaries in 1875, had been widely used. Since Teochew has high phonetic similarity with

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, another Southern Min variety, and can also be used to transcribe Teochew. The name is a transcription of "" using this system.

Alphabet

This system uses the

, but does not include f, j, q, v, w, x, or y. ê is the letter e with circumflex.

Initials

There are 18 initials. Syllables not starting with consonants are called zero initials. b and g can also be used as ending consonants.

Finals

There are 59 finals :

Tones

Symbols of tones are notated at the top right of consonants or vowels which have top loudness. For example: * 詩 - si¹ * 死 - si² * 世 - si³ * 薛 - sih⁴

Differences in rime

This is a list of differences in rime in Teochew dialect 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.

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