Saturday, 20 July 2013

Romanization

See also: Romanization of Chinese in the Republic of China

The spelling "Taipei" derives from the Wade-Giles romanization T'ai-pei. Though the name is romanized as Táiběi under the systems now (New Phonetic System/Hanyu Pinyin) and formerly (Tongyong Pinyin) in official use, the familiarity of the earlier spelling led government authorities to retain it.

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