The schemes utilized similar elements with some differences in order to adapt to their respective spoken varieties.
This includes the use of the circumflex, acute accent and diaeresis in the letters ê, é and ü, respectively.
In addition, it uses -b, -d, -g to represent the coda consonants /p t k/ rather than -p, -t, -k like other romanization schemes in order to be consistent with their use as unaspirated plosives in the initial.
The system is not used in Hong Kong where romanization schemes such as Hong Kong Government, Yale, ILE and Jyutping are popular, though it can be seen in works released in the People's Republic of China regarding Cantonese.
The scheme for the Teochew dialect of Min Nan is outlined in "The Teochew Transliteration Scheme" (simplified Chinese: "潮州话拼音方案"; traditional Chinese: 〈潮州話拼音方案〉; pinyin: Cháozhōuhuà Pīnyīn Fāng'àn).