The Meyer-Wempe romanization system was developed by two Catholic missionaries in Hong Kong, Bernhard F. Meyer and Theodore F. Wempe, during the 1920s and 1930s for romanizing Standard Cantonese. Initials p[p] p'[pʰ] m[m] f[f] t[t] t'[tʰ] n[n] l[l] k[k] k'[kʰ] ng[ŋ] h[h] ts[ts] ts'[tsʰ] s[s] ch[tɕ] ch'[tɕʰ] sh[ɕ] kw[kw] k'w[kʰw] i, y[j] oo, w[w] The distinction between the alveolar sibilants ([ts], [ts�… (More on Meyer-wempe)