Peqoe-ji

Peqoexji (白話字 Pe̍h-ōe-jī) (POJ) si cidkhoarn iong Latin (Lømar) pherngym hexthorng laai siar Taioaan ee gwgieen ee subin bunji. In'ui tongzhof si thoankaosu irn`jiblaai ee, sofie iaquxlaang ka POJ kiørzøx Kaohoe Lømafji (教會羅馬字 Church Romanization/Missionary Romanization), hegciar si kafnzhefng Template:X2. Putjikøx hiexntai ee swioxngciar bexciør mxsi kaotoo, kaotoo ma cinzøe bøexhiao POJ.

The Short Story

• Orthography developed by Western missionaries in the 19th century and refined by missionaries working in Amoy and Tailaam
• Uses a modified Latin alphabet and some diacritics to represent the spoken language
• Became most widespread in Taiwan; in the mid-20th century there were over 100,000 people literate in POJ

Migrating from POJ to MTL?

• see MTLN

Tone markings

Number	Diacritic	Chinese tone name	Example listen 🔊	MTL
1	none	陰平 (yinping) dark level	kha foot; leg	khaf
2	acute	上聲 (shangsheng) rising	chúi water	zuie
3	grave	陰去 (yinqu) dark departing	kàu arrive	kaux
4	none	陰入 (yinru) dark entering	bah meat	baq
5	circumflex	陽平 (yangping) light level	ông king	oong
7	macron	陽去 (yangqu) light departing	tiōng heavy	tiong
8	vertical line above	陽入 (yangru) light entering	jo̍ah hot	joah

See also Tones of Taiwanese

Texts

• Laixgoaxkhøf Kharnhoxhak: (The Principles and Practice of Nursing) a Taiwanese-language human nursing textbook (in POJ). The book was compiled by English M.D. G. Gushue-Taylor and Taiwanese Dua-lor Dan. First published at Tailaam in 1917, and widely regarded as a first work on the subject in Taiwanese.

Comparison with MTL

POJ	MTL	Translation	Audio File
Sian-siⁿ kóng, ha̍k-seng tiām-tiām thiaⁿ.	Siensvy korng, hagsefng tiaxmtiam thviaf.	A teacher/master/sensei speaks, students quietly listen.	Listen
Kin-á-jit hit-ê cha-bó͘ gín-á lâi góan tau khòaⁿ góa.	Kin'afjit hit'ee zabor-gyn'ar laai goarn-taw khvoax goar.	Today that girl came to my house to see me.	Listen
Thài-khong pêng-iú, lín-hó. Lín chia̍h-pá--bē? Ū-êng, to̍h lâi gún chia chē--ô͘!	Thaekhofng peng'iuo, lirn hør! Lirn ciaqpar`bøe? Uxeeng, tøh laai gurn ciaf ze`oq!	Everyone, what's up? Have you eaten yet? When you have the time, come on over to eat.	Listen (from NASA Voyager Golden Record)

SK e BC

• MTL (POJ may be regarded as the ancestor of MTL)
• Mafkay, Tiofnglør Kaohoe
• MTL Toolbox (includes POJ to MTL converter)

Goaxpo lienkied

• b⃟
• Taibuun/Hoabuun Svoarterng Sutiern (POJ Taiwanese to Chinese Dictionary)
• Taiguo Svoarterng Jixtiern (Han Character to POJ Dictionary)