HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE TRANSLATION

LANNANG ROMANIZATIONS

Each Hokkien syllable includes a tone, an initial, and a final.

TONES

INITIALS & FINALS

Initials and finals (not vowels and consonants as in other languages) are the fundamental elements in the pinyin system. Oftentimes, there is one initial followed by one final in a syllable. However, in some cases, a syllable may have only a final, but no initial.