Sichuanese Pinyin is a romanization

Romanization

In linguistics, romanization or latinization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman script, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system . Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written...

 system specifically designed for the Chengdu dialect of Sichuanese

Sichuanese Mandarin

Sichuanese Mandarin , commonly known as Sichuanese, Szechuanese or Szechwanese , is a branch of Southwestern Mandarin, spoken mainly in Sichuan and Chongqing, which was part of Sichuan until 1997, and the adjacent regions of their neighboring provinces, such as Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan and...

. It is mostly used in selected Sichuanese dictionaries, such as the Sichuan Dialect Dictionary, Sichuan Dialect's Vocabulary Explanation , and the Chengdu Dialect Dictionary. Sichuanese Pinyin is based on Hanyu Pinyin

Pinyin

Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

, the only Chinese romanization system officially instructed within the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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, for convenience amongst users. However, there is also the problem that it is unable to exactly match the phonology of Sichuanese with complete precision, especially in the case for the Minjiang dialect

Minjiang dialect

Minjiang dialect , is a branch of Sichuanese, spoken mainly in the Minjiang River valley or along the Yangtze River in the southern and western parts of the Sichuan Basin...

, as there are many differences between Sichuanese and Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese, or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....

 in phonology.

Initials

Below each IPA symbol in the table below are the letters which correspond to their respective sounds in Sichuanese Pinyin, and a sample Chinese character

Chinese character

Chinese characters are logograms used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese , less frequently Korean , formerly Vietnamese , or other languages...

 with that initial:

		Bilabial Bilabial consonant In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:...	Labiodental Labiodental consonant In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.-Labiodental consonant in IPA:The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:...	Coronal Coronal consonant Coronal consonants are consonants articulated with the flexible front part of the tongue. Only the coronal consonants can be divided into apical , laminal , domed , or subapical , as well as a few rarer orientations, because only the front of the tongue has such...	Alveolar Alveolar consonant Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli of the superior teeth...	alveopalatal Alveolo-palatal consonant In phonetics, alveolo-palatal consonants are palatalized postalveolar sounds, usually fricatives and affricates, articulated with the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge, and the body of the tongue raised toward the palate...	Velar Velar consonant Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth, known also as the velum)....
Stop Stop consonant In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or an oral stop, is a stop consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases. The occlusion may be done with the tongue , lips , and &...	plain	[p] b 贝			[t] d 得		[k] g 古
	aspirated Aspiration (phonetics) In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of air that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents. To feel or see the difference between aspirated and unaspirated sounds, one can put a hand or a lit candle in front of one's mouth, and say pin ...	[pʰ] p 配			[tʰ] t 套		[kʰ] k 可
Affricate Affricate consonant Affricates are consonants that begin as stops but release as a fricative rather than directly into the following vowel.- Samples :...	plain			[ts] z 早		[tɕ] j 价
	aspirated			[tsʰ] c 草		[tɕʰ] q 巧
Nasal Nasal consonant A nasal consonant is a type of consonant produced with a lowered velum in the mouth, allowing air to escape freely through the nose. Examples of nasal consonants in English are and , in words such as nose and mouth.- Definition :...		[m] m 没		[n] n 路		[nʲ] ny 你	[ŋ] ng 我
Fricative Fricative consonant Fricatives are consonants produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of ; the back of the tongue against the soft palate, in the case of German , the final consonant of Bach; or...	Voiceless Voice (phonetics) Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless or voiced. The term, however, is used to refer to two separate concepts. Voicing can refer to the articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate...		[f] f 发	[s] s 速		[ɕ] x 小	[x] h 好
	voiced		[v] v 五	[z] r 如
Zero Zero consonant A zero consonant, silent initial, or null-onset letter is a consonant-like letter that is not pronounced, but indicates that a word or syllable starts with a vowel...		∅ 儿

Finals

Below each IPA symbol in the table below are the letters which correspond to their respective sounds in Sichuanese Pinyin, and a sample Chinese character with that syllable rime:

	| -Ø	| -i or -u	| nasal finals
Ø-	[ɿ] i 日	[ɚ] er 二	[a] a 大	[o] o 我	[ɛ] e 黑	[ai] ai 街	[ei] ei 批	[au] ao 包	[əu] ou 走	[an] an 烦	[ən] en 樱	[aŋ] ang 帮	[oŋ] ong 亩
i-	[i] i 一		[ia] ia 牙		[iɛ] ie 叶	[iai] iai 介		[iau] iao 标	[iəu] iu 九	[ian] ian 变	[in] in 兵	[iaŋ] iang 量
u-	[u] u 五		[ua] ua 瓜		[uɛ] ue 国	[uai] uai 乖	[uei] ui 类			[uan] uan 段	[uən] un 春	[uaŋ] uang 光
y-	[y] ü 鱼			[yo] üo 药	[ye] üe 绝					[yan] üan 鲜	[yn] ün 泳		[yoŋ] iong 蓉

Tones

The Sichuanese Pinyin system uses superscript numbers to mark the four tones of Chengdu dialect. The number is placed on the top right corner of every syllable, where "1" stands for the first tone, "2" stands for the second tone, and so forth.

Sample text

The following sample text is a selection of Sichuanese idioms in Sichuanese Pinyin, Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz (in Sichuanese) and Hanyu Pinyin (in Standard Mandarin pronunciation), for comparative purposes:

Chinese characters	Sichuanese Pinyin	Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz	Hanyu Pinyin
矮子过河，安（淹）了心。	Ngai3zi3 go4 ho2, ngan1 no2 xin1.	Ngaaiz go ho, ngan lo xin.	Ǎizi guò hé, ān le xīn.
足正不怕鞋歪。	Juo2 zen4 bu2pa4 hai2 wai1.	Giuo zen bupa xai uai.	Jiǎo zhèng búpà xié wāi.
吃苞谷粑打哈欠，开黄腔。	Ci2 bao1gu2ba1 da3 ho1hai1, kai1 huang2qiang1.	C baoguba daa xoxai, kai xuongqiang.	Chī bāogǔbā dǎ hāqiàn, kāi huángqiāng.
猫抓糍粑，脱不到爪爪。	Mer1 zua1 ci2bao1, to2 bu2dao3 zao3zao3.	Mer zua cba, to budao zaozao.	Māo zhuā cíbā, tuō bùdào zhuǎzhuǎ.