Pe̍h-ōe-jī
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Transliteration of Hokkien 白話字 / 白话字 (“vernacular writing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peɪweɪˈd͡ʒiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
Pe̍h-ōe-jī (uncountable)
- 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
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See also
Hokkien
| For pronunciation and definitions of Pe̍h-ōe-jī – see 白話字 (“vernacular writing; ; POJ; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 白話字). |