| Transliteration of Chinese |
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| Mandarin |
| Wu |
| Yue |
| Min |
| Gan |
| Hakka |
| Xiang |
| Polylectal |
| See also |
Lessing-Othmer is aromanization ofMandarinChinese that was introduced byF. Lessing [de] and Dr. W. Othmer, who in 1912 printed their book „Lehrgang der nordchinesischen Umgangssprache“ (“Course in the North Chinese Colloquial Language”) through the „Deutsch-Chinesische Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt“ inQingdao while it was aGerman colony.
In 1979, the State Council of the People's Republic of China for Romanization ruled that translations of foreign-language publications should utilize Lessing-Othmer romanization inGerman-speaking countries, andPinyin in English-speaking countries.[1]
The tones romanized differently fromPinyin are highlighted in blue.
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| ∅ | /i/ | /u/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | /ɻ/ | |||||||||
| Medial | ∅ | ï [ɨ] ㄭ  -i | ö [ɤ] ㄜ e | a [a] ㄚ a | e [ei] ㄟ ei | ai [ai] ㄞ ai | ou [ou] ㄡ ou | au [au] ㄠ ao | ën [ən] ㄣ en | an [an] ㄢ an | ung [ʊŋ] ㄨㄥ ong | ëng [əŋ] ㄥ eng | ang [aŋ] ㄤ ang | örl [aɚ] ㄦ er |
| /j/ | i [i] ㄧ i | iä [je] ㄧㄝ ie | ia [ja] ㄧㄚ ia | iu [jou] ㄧㄡ iu | iau [jau] ㄧㄠ iao | in [in] ㄧㄣ in | iän [jɛn] ㄧㄢ ian | iung [jʊŋ] ㄩㄥ iong | ing [iŋ] ㄧㄥ ing | iang [jaŋ] ㄧㄤ iang | ||||
| /w/ | u [u] ㄨ u | o [wo] ㄨㄛ uo | ua [wa] ㄨㄚ ua | ui [wei] ㄨㄟ ui | uai [wai] ㄨㄞ uai | un [wən] ㄨㄣ un | uan [wan] ㄨㄢ uan | ung [wəŋ] ㄨㄥ ueng | uang [waŋ] ㄨㄤ uang | |||||
| /ɥ/ | ü [y] ㄩ ü | üä [ɥe] ㄩㄝ üe | ün [yn] ㄩㄣ ün | üan [ɥɛn] ㄩㄢ üan | ||||||||||