Lessing-Othmer


Lessing-Othmer is a romanization of Mandarin Chinese that was once utilized by Germans written by F. Lessing and Dr. W. Othmer, who in 1912 printed their book „Lehrgang der nordchinesischen Umgangssprache“ in Tsingtau while it was a German colony in 1912 through the „Deutsch-Chinesische Druckerei und Verlagsanstalt.“
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.

Table

The tones romanized differently from Pinyin are highlighted in blue.

Initial

Finals