EFEO transcription

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The EFEO transcription is a transcription for the Chinese language , which was used at the beginning of the 20th century by scholars of the École française d'Extrême-Orient , such as B. Séraphin Couvreur , Arnold Vissière, et al. a. was developed. It is therefore also known under the name Couvreur system or Vissière romanization .

meaning

In the French- speaking world, the EFEO transcription was the most common transcription for Chinese until the middle of the 20th century. It has now been replaced by the pinyin system.

Basics

The EFEO transcription is not based on today's standard Chinese pronunciation , but rather reflects - similar to Latinxua Sinwenz and older versions of Wade-Giles - a supra-regional standard or an older set of sounds. Therefore z. B. in certain words whose initial sound is pronounced in modern standard Chinese [ ʨ ] (pinyin: / j / ), with some words / ts / and with others / k / transcribed.

table

The table shows some differences between Wade-Giles (WG), Pinyin (PY) and EFEO transcription.

IPA EFEO Flat share PY
p p p b
pʰ p ' p ' p
t t t d
tʰ t ' t ' t
k k k G
kʰ k ' k ' k
ts ts ts / tz z
tsʰ ts' ts '/ tz' c
tʂ tch ch zh
tʂʰ tch ' ch ' ch
tɕ k / ts ch j
tɕʰ k '/ ts' ch ' q
ɕ s / h hs x
w ou / w w w
j i / y y y
ɤ ö / é o / ê e
əɻ owl êrh he
z̩ eu ǔ i
i e ih i
y u ü ü / u
u ou u u
ən en ên en
ʌŋ closely closely closely
jɛ ie ieh ie
jow ieou / iou iu iu
jn ien ien ian
Where ouo o / uo o / uo
waj ouai uai uai
wej ouei ui ui
wan ouan uan uan
uən ouen U.N U.N
ɥɛ iue üeh üe / ue
ɥɛn iuen üan üan / uan
yn iun ün ün / un
jʊŋ ioung iung iong

See also

literature

  • Klaus Kaden: The most important transcription systems for the Chinese language. An introduction to self-study. Leipzig, Encyclopedia 1975.

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