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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
白話字
- vernacular writing
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hokkien); POJ
- Bǽh-oe-tu (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hainanese); BOT
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hakka); PFS
- Pha̍k-oa-chhi (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Gan Chinese); POC
- (Putian Puxian Min) Báⁿ-uā-ci̍ (a Latin alphabet-based orthography for Puxian Min); BUC
Synonyms
- (Pe̍h-ōe-jī): 臺語羅馬字/台语罗马字 (táiyǔ luómǎzì, “Taiwanese Roman alphabet”), 教會羅馬字/教会罗马字 (jiàohuì luómǎzì, “church Roman alphabet”), 教羅/教罗 (jiàoluó, “church Roman alphabet (abbreviation)”); (Hokkien) 白話/白话 (pe̍eh-ōa)
- (Báⁿ-uā-ci̍): 平話字/平话字 (pínghuàzì)
References
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “白话字”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 19.