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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Taiwanese Hokkien on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Taiwanese Hokkien in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them. Integrity must be maintained between the key and the transcriptions that link here; do not change any symbol or its value without establishing consensus on the talk page first. |
The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Taiwanese Hokkien (also called Taiwanese) pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-taiwan}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.
Note that the Pe̍h-ōe-jī (POJ) applied in this page is Ernest Tipson's version, while Chinese Examples are pronounced with literary reading with Taiwanese Romanization System (TL) spelling in default unless specified.
Consonants
Consonants | ||||||||
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IPA | POJ | TL | Phonetic Symbols | Chinese Example | English approximation | |||
p | p | ㄅ | 布 (pòo) | span | ||||
pʰ | ph | ㄆ | 普 (phóo) | pan | ||||
b | b | 11px | 明 (bîng) | thumb [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
m | m- | ㄇ | 媽 (má) | moon | ||||
am, om, im | 11px, 11px | 暗 (àm), 參 (som)[lower-alpha 2], 心 (sim) | rim | |||||
t | t | ㄉ | 端 (tuan) | stop | ||||
tʰ | th | ㄊ | 透 (thò) | top | ||||
l[lower-alpha 3] | l | ㄌ | 來 (lâi) | lime | ||||
n | n | ㄋ | 泥 (nî) | noon | ||||
-n | ㄣ, ㄢ | 因 (in), 安 (an) | ||||||
k | k | ㄍ | 見 (kiàn) | skin | ||||
kʰ | kh | ㄎ | 溪 (khe) | kin | ||||
g | g | 11px | 義 (gī) | finger [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
ŋ | ng- | 11px | 吳 (ngôo) | singer | ||||
eng, ang, ong | ing, ang, ong | ㄥ, ㄤ, 11px | 櫻 (ing), 幫 (pang), 王 (ông) | song | ||||
h | h | ㄏ | 曉 (hiáu) | hit | ||||
ʔ | ∅ | 影 (íng, [ʔiə̯ŋ˥˩]) | uh-oh | |||||
t͡s | ch [lower-alpha 4] | ts | ㄗ | 走 (tsáu) | cats, usually retracted in most cases | |||
t͡ɕ | ㄐ | 精 (tsing) | like itchy, pronounced further forward toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 5] | |||||
t͡sʰ | chh [lower-alpha 4] | tsh | ㄘ | 菜 (tshài) | cats | |||
t͡ɕʰ | ㄑ | 市 (tshī) | like cheap, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 5] | |||||
s | s | ㄙ | 三 (sam) | same | ||||
ɕ | ㄒ | 審 (sím) | like sheep, pronounced more forward, toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 5] | |||||
d͡z | j | 11px | 熱 (jua̍h) | pads [lower-alpha 6] | ||||
z | zoo [lower-alpha 7] | |||||||
d͡ʑ | 11px | 日 (ji̍t) | like jeep, pronounced further forward toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 5] | |||||
ʑ | like zip, pronounced further forward toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 5] | |||||||
Note: Alveolo-palatal consonants ([t͡ɕ], [t͡ɕʰ], [ɕ], and [d͡ʑ / ʑ]) always precede [i] ⟨i / e⟩ as ⟨chi (tsi) / che⟩, ⟨chhi (tshi) / chhe⟩, ⟨si / se⟩, and ⟨ji⟩. | ||||||||
Syllabic consonants | ||||||||
m̩ | -m | 11px | 姆 (ḿ) | rhythm | ||||
ŋ̍ | -ng | 11px | 光 (kng)[lower-alpha 8] | song [lower-alpha 9] | ||||
Stop consonant finals | ||||||||
p̚ | -p | ◌ㄅ | 合 (ha̍p) | like sip, but no audible release; apt | ||||
t̚ | -t | ◌ㄉ | 七 (tshit) | like sit, but no audible release | ||||
k̚ | -k | ◌ㄍ | 角 (kak) | like sick, but no audible release | ||||
ʔ | -h | ◌ㄏ | 桌 (toh) | uh-oh |
Vowels
Vowels | ||||||||
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IPA | POJ | TL | Phonetic Symbols | Chinese Example | English approximation | |||
a | a | ㄚ | 鴨 (ah) | father | ||||
e | e | 11px | 家 (ke) | day | ||||
ə | o | o/or[lower-alpha 10] | ㄜ | 高 (kor) | about [lower-alpha 11] | |||
o | o | ㄛ | 高 (ko) | snow [lower-alpha 12] | ||||
ɔ | o͘ [lower-alpha 13] | oo | 11px | 烏 (oo) | thought | |||
ong, om, op, ok |
11px, 11px, 11pxㄅ, 11pxㄍ |
福 (hok) | ||||||
i | i | ㄧ [lower-alpha 14] | 一 (it) | see [lower-alpha 15] | ||||
u | u | ㄨ | 武 (bú) | shoe [lower-alpha 16] | ||||
Diphthongs | ||||||||
ai̯ | ai | ㄞ | 愛 (ài) | fight [lower-alpha 15] | ||||
au̯ | au | ㄠ | 交 (kau) | out [lower-alpha 16] | ||||
i̯a | ia | ㄧㄚ | 射 (siā) | Russia | ||||
i̯ɛ | ian, iat | ㄧㄢ, ㄧㄚㄉ | 電 (tiān), 結 (kiat) | yes [lower-alpha 17] | ||||
iə̯ | eng, ek | ing, ik | ㄧㄥ, ㄧㄍ | 英 (ing), 色 (sik) | eon [lower-alpha 18][lower-alpha 11] | |||
i̯ə | io | ior | ㄧㄜ | 腰 (ior)[lower-alpha 11] | ||||
i̯o | io | ㄧㄛ | 腰 (io)[lower-alpha 12] | Leo | ||||
i̯ɔ | iong, iok | ㄧ11px, ㄧ11pxㄍ | 中 (tiong), 欲 (io̍k) | kiosk | ||||
i̯u | iu | ㄧㄨ | 手 (tshiú) | dew | ||||
u̯a | oa | ua | ㄨㄚ | 化 (huà) | like quality | |||
u̯e | oe | ue | ㄨ11px | 尾 (bué)[lower-alpha 2] | question | |||
u̯i | ui | ㄨㄧ | 水 (súi) | we | ||||
Triphthongs | ||||||||
i̯au̯ | iau | ㄧㄠ | 妖 (iau) | meow [lower-alpha 15][lower-alpha 16] | ||||
u̯ai̯ | oai | uai | ㄨㄞ | 怪 (kuài) | quiet [lower-alpha 15] | |||
Nasal vowels | ||||||||
◌̃ | m◌, n◌, ng◌ | ㄇ◌, ㄋ◌, 11px◌ | 鰻 (muâ), 梁 (niû), 迎 (ngiâ) | Nasalized vowel(s) [lower-alpha 19] | ||||
ã | an | ann | 11px | 衫 (sann) | like naive; nasalized [a] | |||
ẽ | en | enn | 11px | 青 (tsenn)[lower-alpha 2] | like next; nasalized [e] [lower-alpha 20] | |||
ĩ | in | inn | 11px [lower-alpha 14] | 圓 (înn) | like niece; nasalized [i] | |||
ɔ̃ | on | onn | 11px | 否 (hónn) | French: son; nasalized [ɔ] | |||
ãĩ̯ | ain | ainn | 11px | 載 (tsáinn) | like nine; nasalized [ai̯] | |||
ĩ̯ã | ian | iann | ㄧ11px | 兄 (hiann) | roughly like civilian; nasalized [i̯a] | |||
ĩ̯ũ | iun | iunn | ㄧ11px | 羊 (iûnn)[lower-alpha 8] | like nuance; nasalized [i̯u] [lower-alpha 21] | |||
ũ̯ã | oan | uann | ㄨ11px | 官 (kuann) | roughly like wander nasalized [u̯a] | |||
ũ̯ĩ | uin | uinn | ㄨ11px | 快 (khuìnn)[lower-alpha 8] | roughly like twin; nasalized [u̯i] | |||
ĩ̯ãũ̯ | iaun | iaunn | ㄧ11px | 喓 (iaunn) | like meow; nasalized [i̯au̯] | |||
ũ̯ãĩ̯ | oain | uainn | ㄨ11px | 關 (kuainn)[lower-alpha 2] | roughly like wine; nasalized [u̯ai̯] [lower-alpha 22] | |||
Note: ⟨◌n⟩ in POJ is sometimes written as ⟨◌N⟩ when superscript ⟨n⟩ is not supported. |
Tones
Tones | ||||||||
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Tone Number |
IPA (WP) |
POJ | TL | Phonetic Symbols | Chinese Example | Dialect values (IPA) | ||
Kaohsiung | Taipei | Lukang | ||||||
0 | ◌--a | 後日 (āu--ji̍t) | (varying) | |||||
1 | ˦ | a | ㄚ | 東 | [˥] 55 | [˦] 44 | [˧] 33 | |
2 | ˥˩ | á | ㄚˋ | 黨 | [˥˩] 51 | [˥˧] 53 | [˥] 55 | |
3 | ˧˩ | à | ㄚ˪ | 棟 | [˧˩] 31 | [˨˩] 21 | [˧˩] 31 | |
4 | ʔ˧˨ | a◌ | ㄚ◌ | 督 | [˧] 3 | [˨] 2 | [˥] 5 | |
5 | ˨˦ | â | ㄚˊ | 同 | [˨˦] 24 | |||
6 | ˨ | ǎ | ㄚˋ | 動 | [˨] 22 | |||
7 | ˧ | ā | ㄚ˫ | 洞 | [˧] 33 | [˧˩] 31 | ||
8 | ʔ˦ | a̍◌ | ㄚ◌˙ | 毒 | [˥] 5 | [˦] 4 | [˧˥] 35 | |
9 | ˧˥ | a̋ | 引擎 | [˧˥] 35 | ||||
Note: ◌ can be any of the four stop consonant finals in Taiwanese as listed in the above. |
Dialectal segments
Choân-chiu Dialect
Consonants | |||||
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IPA | POJ | TL | Phonetic Symbols | Chinese Example | English approximation |
d͡ʑ | j | j | 11px | 字 (jī / lī) | like jeep, pronounced further forward toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 6] |
l | l | ㄌ | lap | ||
熱 (jua̍h / lua̍h) | |||||
d͡z | j | 11px | pads [lower-alpha 6] | ||
Vowels | |||||
ɘ | e | er | ㄜ | 火 (hér)[lower-alpha 23] | New Zealand: bit [lower-alpha 24] |
ɨ | i / u | ir | 11px | 豬 (tir) | roughly like glasses; sometimes pronounced as [ɯ] as goose (California)[lower-alpha 25][lower-alpha 23] |
ɘ̯e | oe | ere | ㄜ11px | 雞 (kere)[lower-alpha 25] | |
ɘ̯u | io | eru | ㄜㄨ | 購 (kerù)[lower-alpha 23] | |
ɨ̯̃ĩ | eng | irinn | 11px11px | 肩 (kirinn)[lower-alpha 26] |
Chiang-chiu Dialect
Consonants | |||||
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IPA | POJ | TL | Phonetic Symbols | Chinese Example | English approximation |
ȵ | n | gn | 14px | 耳 (gní)[lower-alpha 27] | like onion [lower-alpha 20][lower-alpha 28] |
ʑ | j | j | 11px | 日 (ji̍t / gi̍t) | like zip, pronounced further forward toward the teeth (palatalized).[lower-alpha 7] |
g | g | 11px | give [lower-alpha 7] | ||
z | j | 11px | 熱 (jua̍h) | zoo [lower-alpha 7] | |
Vowels | |||||
ɛ | e | ee / ek / eng | ㄝ | 家 (kee) [lower-alpha 27] | bet [lower-alpha 20] |
ɛ̃ | en | eenn | 14px | 青 (tsheenn) [lower-alpha 27] | French: vin; nasalized [ɛ] [lower-alpha 20][lower-alpha 28] |
ĩ̯ɔ̃ | iun | ionn | ㄧ11px | 羊 (iônn) [lower-alpha 29] | like neon; nasalized [i̯o] [lower-alpha 20] |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [b] and [g] are sometimes transcribed as [b̃] and [g̃] respectively.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 In Taiwanese Chiang-chiu accent.
- ↑ In most varieties of Hokkien, /l/ is pronounced as an alveolar tap [ɾ]. Although the IPA symbol ⟨l⟩ represents a lateral approximants, ⟨l⟩ is widely used instead of ⟨ɾ⟩ in broad transcriptions of Hokkien.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 In some POJ variants, ch and chh are written as ⟨ts⟩ and ⟨tsh⟩ respectively.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 [t͡ɕ], [t͡ɕʰ], [ɕ], and [ʑ] are pronounced as [t͡s], [t͡sʰ], [s], and [z] in some accents.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 [d͡z] and [d͡ʑ] are used in Taiwanese Choân-chiu accent; they are pronounced as [l] in some sub-accents.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 [z] and [ʑ] is used in Taiwanese Chiang-chiu accent, while [ʑ] is pronounced as [g] mainly in Taiwanese Hok-Ló-Kheh sub-accents.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 In Taiwanese Choan-chiu accent.
- ↑ ⟨-ng⟩ [ŋ̍] is pronounced as [ũĩ] mainly in Taiwanese Chiang-chiu accent.
- ↑ ⟨o⟩ in TL can present both southern accent and northern accent, while ⟨or⟩ in TL is used to specify southern accent for differentiation.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 ⟨or⟩ [ə] is used in Taiwanese southern accent and sometimes transcribed as [ɤ].
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 ⟨o⟩ [o] is used in Taiwanese northern accent.
- ↑ ⟨o͘⟩ [ɔ] is sometimes written as ⟨ou⟩ in POJ as the dot is barely visible for readers.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 In horizontal writing, it might be written in 90 degrees rotated.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 [i̯] can be transcribed as [ɪ] in ⟨-ai, -ia, -io, -iau⟩.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 [u̯] can be transcribed as [ʊ] in ⟨-au⟩
- ↑ ⟨ian⟩ is pronounced as either [i̯ɛn], [ɛn], or [en] depending on accents.
⟨iat⟩ is pronounced as either [i̯ɛt̚], [ɛt̚], or [et̚] depending on accents. - ↑ ⟨ing⟩ is pronounced as either [iə̯ŋ], [iŋ] or [eŋ], depending on accents.
⟨ik⟩ is pronounced as either [iə̯k̚], [ik̚] or [ek̚] depending on accents. - ↑ The combination of a nasal consonant preceding vowel(s) represents nasal vowel(s) due to a natural process of assimilation.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 ⟨gn⟩ [ȵ], (enn) [ẽ], ⟨ee⟩ [ɛ], ⟨eeh⟩ [ɛʔ], ⟨eenn⟩ [ɛ̃], ⟨ek⟩ [ɛk̚], ⟨eng⟩ [ɛŋ], ⟨ionn⟩ [ĩ̯ɔ̃], and ⟨ionnh⟩ [ĩ̯ɔ̃ʔ] of TL are used in Taiwanese Chiang-chiu accent.
- ↑ [ĩ̯ũ] is only used in Choân-chiu accent.
- ↑ [ũ̯ãĩ̯] is pronounced as [ũ̯ĩ], [ũ̯ã], and [u̯ai̯] mainly in Taiwanese Choân-chiu accent.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 In Lo̍k-káng Choân-chiu accent
- ↑ ⟨er⟩ [ɘ] is also transcribed as [ə] by some scholars despite the slight difference. In addition, ⟨er⟩ is alternatively spelled as ⟨oe⟩ while its Phonetic Symbol is replaced with 11px in textbooks and academic publishing by Ngoo Siu Le .
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 In Sam-Kiap Choân-chiu accent
- ↑ In Po-tiong Choân-chiu Lâm-oaⁿ accent
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 In Taiwanese Éng-tsēng old Chiang-chiu accent.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Note that ⟨gn⟩ [ȵ] and ⟨eenn⟩ [ɛ̃] are not listed in the Taiwanese Romanization System by Ministry of Education, but is featured in textbooks and dictionaries.
- ↑ In Taiwanese Tâi-lâm Chiang-chiu accent.
References
- "Tai-Hoa Dictionary". http://210.240.194.97/iug/Ungian/soannteng/chil/Taihoa.asp.
- "Dictionary for Common Vocabulary in Taiwanese Hokkien". Ministry of Education (Taiwan). http://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/default.jsp.
- "Taiwanese Hokkien Romanization and Pronunciation Learning Network". http://www.ntcu.edu.tw/tailo/.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese Hokkien.
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