Lessing-Othmer is a romanization of Mandarin Chinese that was introduced by F. 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“ in Qingdao while it was a German 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 in German-speaking countries, and Pinyin in English-speaking countries.
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Table
The tones romanized differently from Pinyin are highlighted in blue.
Initial
Finals
| Coda | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ∅ | /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 | ||||||||||
References
Encyclopædia Britannica, 2004 edition, "Pinyin romanization" article ↩