History
See also: Pe̍h-ōe-jīThe following systems were official in the ROC:
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh (GR, 1928-1986)
- Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II (MPS II, 1986-2002)
- Tongyong Pinyin (2002-2008)
- Hanyu Pinyin (since January 1, 2009)
(All except the last were locally developed by officials of the ROC)
Alongside these aforementioned nominally official systems, Wade-Giles has been widely used for decades in many contexts, such as in passports.
When Tongyong was introduced, place names — except the top level divisions — were romanised in Tongyong. Street and building signs have been normally transcribed in one of the official systems and not Wade-Giles, except in Taipei, where Hanyu Pinyin was adapted in the early 2000s, before the rest of the country.
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