The orthography used here is the same with the Pinyin used in China. One difference between these two is the tonal representation. While Pinyin shows tones on top of the vowels, here tones are represented by the numbers on the top right corner which show the tonal value. The syllables that have no tonal value bear a neutral tone. Rhotacization in Weihai dialect is very common. For a rhotic vowels, this process is shown by the addition of “r” at the end of an open syllable, “-‘er” at the end of a closed syllable. Apostrophe here is not a phonetic symbol, but a way to separate two syllables that might be ambiguous for reading.
1–first tone
2–second tone
3–third tone
4–fourth tone