Bbánlám pìngyīm


Bbánlám Hōng'ggián Pìngyīm Hōng'àn, Bbánlám pìngyīm, Minnan pinyin or simply pingyim, is a romanization system for Hokkien Southern Min, in particular the Amoy version of this language.

Names

Various names are used such as Bbínpīn Hōngàn, BbínPīn or BP. It is commonly known as Pumindian in Taiwan, named after the Mandarin-Southern Min Dictionary where the system is used, but the formal Chinese name is Southern Min Dialect Spelling System.

Alphabet

The BP alphabet adopts the Latin alphabet of 20 letters, 5 digraphs, and 5 diacritics to express the basic sounds of the Min Nan language:
bp capital letterABBbCDEGGgHIKLMNNgOOoPSTUWYZZz
bp lower caseabbbcdeggghiklmnngooopstuwyzzz