Tongyong Pinyin
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Tongyong Pinyin was the official romanization of Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, while a new romanization system for Taiwan was being
The sign for Nanzi Station formerly read "Nanzih Station"
The sign was later changed to read "Nanzi Station". The station serves Nanzih District, Kaohsiung.
Signs using Tongyong Pinyin (Jhaishan, Jhushan and so on) in Kinmen in 2012. 金 is misspelled as jing (instead of the correct jin) in one of the signs
Syuejia/SyueJia Junior High School, Syuejia District, Tainan, Taiwan (the spelling 'Syuejia' is derived from the Tongyong Pinyin Syuéjiǎ.)
Taiwanese Mandarin
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Taiwanese Mandarin, natively referred to as Guoyu or Huayu, is the variety of Standard Mandarin spoken in Taiwan. A large majority of the Taiwanese population is fluent in Mandarin, though many can al
Tongyong Pinyin
…Tongyong Pinyin was the official romanization of Mandarin in Taiwan between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, while a new romanization system for Taiwan was being evaluated…
Road sign in Nanzih District, Kaohsiung, showing Tongyong pinyin without tone marks (Jyunsiao in Hanyu pinyin is Junxiao)
The protruding green sign, for a bento shop in Taipei, uses a stylistic Japanese の. The sign behind it advertises bento as 便當, another term unique to Taiwanese Mandarin.