Tongyong Pinyin was the official romanization of Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when...
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Hanyu Pinyin as its official romanization system in 2009, replacing Tongyong Pinyin. Matteo Ricci, a Jesuit missionary in China, wrote the first book that...
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Wade–Giles (redirect from Wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn)
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II (1986), and Tongyong Pinyin (2000). The Kuomintang (KMT) has previously promoted pinyin with Ma Ying-jeou's successful presidential...
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Romanization of Chinese (section Tongyong Pinyin)
already ceased together with the end of Latinxua Sinwenz movement. Tongyong Pinyin is a system with some usage in Taiwan. It was introduced by the linguist...
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Chinese postal romanization (redirect from Pinyin of Postal System)
official in Taiwan until 2002, when Tongyong Pinyin was adopted. In 2009, Hanyu Pinyin replaced Tongyong Pinyin as the official romanization (see Chinese...
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Chinese language romanization in Taiwan (redirect from Taiwan pinyin)
government and many provinces and cities adopted Hanyu Pinyin for use on signs, some places use Tongyong Pinyin and older systems. Examples being, Kaohsiung, Taiwan's...
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Pinyin: Zhūluó Cūn; Tongyong Pinyin: Jhuluó Cun) "Pearl and Snail" Fusing / Fuxing (Fuhsing; Chinese: 復興村; Hanyu Pinyin: Fùxīng Cūn; Tongyong Pinyin:...
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change to signs and documents using Tongyòng Pinyin is not complete. There are still some signs using Tongyòng Pinyin on highways and roads. Alishan (阿里山)...
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Chinese (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ; lit. 'Han language' or 中文; Zhōngwén; 'Chinese writing') is a group of languages...
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nationalist politics. Tianchao (天朝; pinyin: Tiāncháo), translated as 'heavenly dynasty' or 'Celestial Empire', and Tianxia (天下; pinyin: Tiānxià) translated as 'All...
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such as 8 (八, pinyin: bā), a homophone for "wealth", and 6 (六, pinyin: liù), a homophone for "smooth"—but not the number 4 (四, pinyin: sì), which is...
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Guangdong Romanization (redirect from Kejiahua Pinyin Fang'an)
spoken varieties. In certain respects, Guangdong romanization resembles pinyin in its distinction of the alveolar initials z, c, s from the alveolo-palatal...
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and was the product of multiple authors. Laozi /ˈlaʊdzə/ is the modern pinyin romanization of 老子. It is not a personal name, but rather an honorific title...
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the genealogical records of his family is Chiang Chou-t‘ai (Chinese: 蔣周泰; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhōutài; Wade–Giles: Chiang3 Chou1-t‘ai4). This so-called "register...
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Jiufen, also spelled Jioufen or Chiufen (Chinese: 九份; Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǔfèn; Tongyong Pinyin: Jioǔfèn; Wade–Giles: Chiu3-fen4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Káu-hūn-á; lit...
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The chi (Tongyong Pinyin chih) is a traditional Chinese unit of length. Although it is often translated as the "Chinese foot", its length was originally...
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Shuangxi District (Chinese: 雙溪區; Hanyu Pinyin: Shuāngxī Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Shuangsi Cyu) is a rural district in the eastern part of New Taipei City,...
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Party (DPP) areas using Tongyong Pinyin. In 2002, the Taiwanese government led by the DPP promulgated the use of Tongyong Pinyin as the country's preferred...
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beast (traditional Chinese: 年獸; simplified Chinese: 年兽; Hanyu Pinyin: Nián shòu; Tongyong Pinyin: Nián shòu; Wade–Giles: Nien2 shou4; Cantonese Yale: Nìhn...
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Chinese name 新竹. The same name is rendered Xīnzhú in Hanyu Pinyin and Sinjhú in Tongyong Pinyin. This name refers to the settlement's original Hokkien name...
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and Harmonious Fists (traditional Chinese: 義和拳; simplified Chinese: 义和拳; pinyin: Yìhéquán; Wade–Giles: I4-ho2-ch'üan2) among other names, were a Chinese...
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Jyutping (section Comparison with Cantonese pinyin)
language") and ping3 jam1 (拼音 "phonetic alphabet", also pronounced as "pinyin" in Mandarin). Despite being intended as a system to indicate pronunciation...
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Jian Youwen and Luo Ergang. Chinese: 洪秀全; pinyin: Hóng Xiùquán, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fùng Siu-chhiòn Chinese: 洪火秀; pinyin: Hóng Huǒxiù, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Fùng Fó-siu...
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its official status for almost two decades until it was replaced by Tongyong Pinyin in 2002, MPS II existed only in some governmental publications (such...
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Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Yīyáo Gwoyeu Romatzyh Wang Iyau Wade–Giles Wang2 I1yao2 Tongyong Pinyin Wang2 Yi1yao2 Yale Romanization Wang2...
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Words in native languages Traditional Chinese script: 中華民國自由地區 Mandarin Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zìyóu Dìqū Hokkien: Tiong-hôa Bîn-kok Chū-iû Tē-khu Sixian...
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Xiao'erjing (section Correspondences with pinyin)
education in rural parts of the country. Chinese characters, along with pinyin, have since replaced Xiao'erjing. Since the mid-1980s, there has been much...
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Sun Yat-sen). Wade-Giles: Chungcheng MPS II: Jungjeng Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongjheng Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongzheng Zhongzheng District (中正區), Taipei Zhongzheng...
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priorities had shifted towards character simplification. The Hanyu Pinyin (or simply 'pinyin') alphabet had been developed, but plans to replace Chinese characters...
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