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Teochew Romanization, also known as Swatow Church Romanization, or in local name Pe̍h-ūe-jī (白話字), is an orthographically similar to Pe̍h-ōe-jī, and used to write Chaoshan dialect (including Teochew dialect and Swatow dialect). It was introduced by John Campbell Gibson and William Duffus, two British missionary, in Swatow in 1875.

History
The romanization of Teochew could be traced back to 1840s. The earliest attempt to write the language in Latin script was done by a Baptist missionary William Dean in his publication First Lessons in the Tie-chiw Dialect in 1841 in Bangkok, however its tonal system was said in-complete.

The first complete orthographic system was done by John Campbell Gibson and William Duffus, two Presbyterianism missionaries, in 1875. The orthography was generally based on the Pe̍h-ōe-jī system, another work of presbyterian for Amoy dialect. The first translation of Bible, Gospel of Luke, in Swatow romanization was published in 1876. It has been said that the vernacular orthographic system are much more easier for those illiterate person to learn in their own mother tongue.

Other systems done by Baptist missionaries like Adele Marion Fielde (1883) & Josiah Goddard (1888) were generally used as phonetic notation instead of an orthography.

By the effort of churches in practicing of the Teochew romanization, the number of users growing and came to high tide in 1910s. However, starting in 1920s, Chinese government promoted the education in Mandarin and more people enable to read and write in Chinese characters. Therefore, the promotion of romanization vernacular become less necessary. Until 1950s, there was estimate about thousand users of Teochew romanization.

Alphabet
There are total 18 of basic Latin alphabets employed in the orthography.

Finals
Nowadays, in most part of Chaoshan cities, almost all alveolar-codas (-n/-t) have turned become velar (-ng/-k), therefore, they are unseen in 1960's Peng'im system. However, these codas are still practiced by native speakers in few border townships like Fenghuang (鳳凰), Sanrao (三饒), and Nan'ao.

Tones
There are 8 tones in Teochew and mark as below,

Both first and fourth tones are unmarking but both could be differenced by their coda-endings. Those ending with stop consonants such as -p, -t, -k, and -h are belong to the fourth, and those simple and nasal vowels, or ending in nasal consonants (-m, -n, -ng), are belong to the first.