Hinghwa Romanized

Hinghwa Romanized Hing-hua̍ báⁿ-uā-ci̍
Bible in Hinghwa (Xinghua) Romanized (Genesis), published by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Script type	Latin alphabet (modified)
Creator	William N. Brewster
Time period	1890 — 1950
Languages	Putian dialect of the Pu-Xian Min language
Related scripts
Parent systems	Pe̍h-ōe-jī, Foochow Romanized Hinghwa Romanized
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Hinghwa Romanized, also known as Hing-hua̍ báⁿ-uā-ci̍ (興化平話字) or Báⁿ-uā-ci̍ (平話字), is a Latin alphabet of the Putian dialect of Pu-Xian Chinese. It was invented by William N. Brewster (蒲魯士), an American Methodist pioneer missionary in Hinghwa (modern Putian) in 1890.

Hinghwa Romanized has 23 letters: a a̤ b c ch d e e̤ g h i k l m n ng o o̤ p s t u ṳ.

Tai̍-che̤ ū Dō̤, Dō̤ gah Siō̤ng-Da̤̍ dó̤ng-cāi, Dō̤ cuh sī Siō̤ng-Da̤̍. Ca̤̍ Dō̤ ta̍i-che̤ gah Sio̤ng-Da̤̍ dó̤ng-cāi. Māng-beo̍h sī ciā da̤u̍h I cho̤̍ ē; hang pī cho̤̍, beo̍ seo̍h-ā̤uⁿ ng-sī ciā da̤u̍h I cho̤̍ ē.

太初有道，道佮上帝同在，道就是上帝。這道太初佮上帝同在。萬物是借著伊造兮，含被造兮，無一樣呣是借著伊造兮。

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. (John 1:1-3 KJV)

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• Chinese Character to Puxian Min (Hinghwa) Transliterator
• The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments in Hinghwa dialect, romanized