Lessing-Othmer

Chinese romanization
Mandarin
Standard Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (ISO standard) EFEO Gwoyeu Romatzyh Spelling conventions Latinxua Sin Wenz Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II Chinese Postal Map Romanization Tongyong Pinyin Wade–Giles Yale Legge romanization Simplified Wade Comparison chart Sichuanese Mandarin Sichuanese Pinyin Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz
Yue
Cantonese Guangdong Romanization Hong Kong Government Jyutping Meyer-Wempe Sidney Lau S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols) S. L. Wong (romanisation) Cantonese Pinyin Standard Romanization Yale Barnett–Chao
Wu
Shanghai and Suzhou dialects Long-short Wenzhounese Wenzhounese romanisation
Min Nan
Taiwanese, Amoy, and related Pe̍h-ōe-jī Bbínpīn Hōngàn Daighi tongiong pingim Modern Literal Taiwanese Phofsit Daibuun Tâi-lô TLPA Hainanese Hainanhua Pinyin Fang'an Teochew Peng'im
Min Dong
Fuzhou dialect Foochow Romanized
Hakka
Moiyan dialect Kejiahua Pinyin Fang'an Hagfa Pinyim Siyen dialect Pha̍k-fa-sṳ TLPA
Gan
Nanchang dialect Pha̍k-oa-chhi
See also:
General Chinese Cyrillization Transcription into Chinese Xiao'erjing 'Phags-pa script Bopomofo Taiwanese kana Mongolian transliteration of Chinese characters Manchu transliteration of Chinese characters Romanization in Hong Kong Romanisation in Singapore Romanization in Taiwan

Lessing-Othmer is a romanisation of Mandarin Chinese that was once used by Germans written by F. Lessing and Dr. W. Othmer, who in 1912 printed their book "Lehrgang der nordchinesischen Umgangssprache" (Course in the North Chinese Colloquial Language) in Qingdao (Chinese: 青島; pinyin: Qīngdǎo) whilst 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 use Lessing romanization in German-speaking countries, and pinyin in English-speaking countries.

Lessing-Othmer	Hanyu Pinyin	Wade-Giles	IPA
w	w	w	u
dsch	zh	ch	ʈʂ
dj	j	ch	tɕ
tsch	ch	ch'	ʈʂʰ
tj	q	ch'	tɕʰ
j	r	j	ʐ
y	y	y	i
hs	x	hs	ɕ
sch	sh	sh	ʂ
ds	z	ts	ts
ts	c	ts'	tsʰ
b	b	p	p
p	p	p'	pʰ
g	g	k	k
k	k	k'	kʰ
d	d	t	t
t	t	t'	tʰ