Bbánlám pìngyīm

Bbánlám Uē Pìngyīm Hōng'àn, Bbánlám pìngyīm, Minnan pinyin or simply pingyim, is a romanization system for Hokkien Southern Min, in particular the Amoy (Xiamen) version of this language. This romanization system was devised at Xiamen University and first published in the 1982 普通話閩南方言詞典 (Mandarin-Hokkien Dictionary).

Names
Various names are used such as Bbínpīn Hōngàn, BbínPīn or BP. It is commonly known as Pumindian in Taiwan, named after the Mandarin-Southern Min Dictionary  where the system is used, but the formal Chinese name is Southern Min Language Spelling System.

Alphabet
The BP alphabet adopts the Latin alphabet of 20 letters, 5 digraphs and 5 diacritics to express the basic sounds of the Min Nan language: