| Bǽh-oe-tu | |
| Type: | Latin alphabet |
| Typedesc: | (modified) |
| Time: | since 1890 |
| Creator: | Carl C. Jeremiassen |
| Fam1: | Pe̍h-ōe-jī |
| Sample: | HainanBible1.gif |
| Alt: | A sample of Bǽh-oe-tu text, from a translation of the Book of Genesis |
| Caption: | The Book of Genesis in Bǽh-oe-tu, published by the Bible Society of Great Britain |
Bǽh-oe-tu (abbr. BOT; Chinese: t=白話字) is an orthography used to write the Haikou dialect of the Hainanese language. It was invented by Carl C. Jeremiassen, a Danish pioneer missionary in Fucheng (present-day Haikou) in 1881.
| Bǽh-oe-tu | Example | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| b | 巴敗包 | pronounced as /ʔɓ/ |
| m | 妈母矛 | pronounced as /m/ |
| f | 抛派炮 | pronounced as /f/ |
| v | 我眉馬 | pronounced as /v/ |
| t | 三知聲 | pronounced as /t/ |
| d | 担待豆 | pronounced as /ʔɗ/ |
| n | 拿乃腦 | pronounced as /n/ |
| l | 拉利漏 | pronounced as /l/ |
| c | 正鳥爭 | pronounced as /ts/ |
| s | 差猜抄 | pronounced as /s/ |
| j | 雅也熱 | pronounced as /z/ |
| k | 交官縣 | pronounced as /k/ |
| g | 傲牙俄 | pronounced as /ŋ/ |
| kh | 摳科區 | pronounced as /x/ |
| h | 偷听花 | pronounced as /h/ |
| Bǽh-oe-tu | Example | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| a | ... | pronounced as /a/ |
| ai | ... | pronounced as /ai/ |
| au | ... | pronounced as /au/ |
| am | ... | pronounced as /am/ |
| ag | ... | pronounced as /aŋ/ |
| ab | ... | pronounced as /ap/ |
| ak | ... | pronounced as /ak/ |
| e | ... | pronounced as /e/ |
| eg | ... | pronounced as /eŋ/ |
| ek | ... | pronounced as /ek/ |
| æ | ... | pronounced as /ɛ/ |
| i | ... | pronounced as /i/ |
| ia | ... | pronounced as /ia/ |
| iag | ... | pronounced as /iaŋ/ |
| io | ... | pronounced as /io/ |
| iu | ... | pronounced as /iu/ |
| im | ... | pronounced as /im/ |
| in | ... | pronounced as /in/ |
| ib | ... | pronounced as /ip/ |
| it | ... | pronounced as /it/ |
| o | ... | pronounced as /o/ |
| og | ... | pronounced as /oŋ/ |
| ok | ... | pronounced as /ok/ |
| o͘ | ... | pronounced as /ɔ/ |
| u | ... | pronounced as /u/ |
| ui | ... | pronounced as /ui/ |
| oa | ... | pronounced as /ua/ |
| oai | ... | pronounced as /uai/ |
| oag | ... | pronounced as /uaŋ/ |
| oat | ... | pronounced as /uat/ |
| oak | ... | pronounced as /uak/ |
| oe | ... | pronounced as /ue/ |
| ... | ... | pronounced as /.../ |
| ... | ... | pronounced as /.../ |
| ... | ... | pronounced as /.../ |
| ... | ... | pronounced as /.../ |
| ... | ... | pronounced as /.../ |
| Tonal types | Tone Marks | Example | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 陰平 yin ping | none | 安天 | |
| 陽平 yang ping | ◌̂ | 平人 | |
| 上聲 shang sheng | ◌́ | 古女 | |
| 陰去 yin qu | ◌̀ | 正變 | |
| 陽去 yang qu | ◌̄ | 謝厚 | |
| 陰入 yin ru | none (-b/-t/-k/-h) | 急七 | |
| 陽入 yang ru | ◌́ (-b/-t/-k/-h) | 六十 |