Meyer-Wempe

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The Meyer-Wempe romanization system was developed by two Catholic missionaries in Hong Kong, Bernhard F. Meyer and Theodore F. Wempe, during the 1920s and 1930s for romanizing Standard Cantonese.

• The distinction between the alveolar sibilants ([ts], [tsʰ], and [s]) and alveolo-palatal sibilants ([tɕ], [tɕʰ], and [ɕ]) has been lost in modern Cantonese, though the distinction still existed at the time this system was devised. See Standard Cantonese for more information.

• The finals m and ng can only be used as standalone nasal syllables.

Tones

Unlike most Cantonese romanization systems, Meyer-Wempe indicates the entering tones, for a total of ten tones.

Tone description	Example
upper even	a
upper rising	á
upper going	à
middle entering	àt
upper even	a
upper entering	at
low even	ā
lower rising	ǎ
lower going	â
lower entering	ât

 

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