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class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Tongyong Pinyin</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Chinese">romanization</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin Chinese</a>, or a way to write Mandarin in the <a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Roman alphabet</a>, that was invented in <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>. It was created by the <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese">Taiwanese</a> to oppose <a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a>, which is the official romanization of Mandarin in <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">Mainland China</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a>, and most other <a href="/wiki/International_organization" title="International organization">international organizations</a>, because many Taiwanese do not want to use a <a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">writing system</a> created by the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a>. In 2002, it became the official romanization in Taiwan, even though no one was forced to use it. However, in 2009, Taiwan replaced Tongyong with Hanyu as the <a href="/wiki/Island" title="Island">island's</a> official romanization. While Taipei mostly uses Hanyu spelling today, many cities, particularly in southern Taiwan, still use many different romanizations, including Tongyong spelling, and it can still be seen in many places. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tongyong_Pinyin_vs._Hanyu_Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin vs. Hanyu Pinyin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tongyong_Pinyin&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Tongyong Pinyin vs. Hanyu Pinyin" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tongyong_Pinyin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Tongyong Pinyin vs. Hanyu Pinyin"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most Tongyong spellings of Chinese syllables are the same as Hanyu spellings. However, one major difference is that Tongyong does not use letters 'x' and 'q', which are both used in Hanyu. Below is a chart that compares syllables in Hanyu to those in Tongyong. Below is not an exhaustive list, but a list that show major differences between the two systems.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Hanyu Pinyin </th> <th>Tongyong Pinyin </th></tr> <tr> <td>xi </td> <td>si </td></tr> <tr> <td>xiu </td> <td>siou </td></tr> <tr> <td>xing </td> <td>sing </td></tr> <tr> <td>xu </td> <td>syu </td></tr> <tr> <td>xue </td> <td>syue </td></tr> <tr> <td>xuan </td> <td>syuan </td></tr> <tr> <td>xun </td> <td>syun </td></tr> <tr> <td>xiong </td> <td>syong </td></tr> <tr> <td>qi </td> <td>ci </td></tr> <tr> <td>qiu </td> <td>ciou </td></tr> <tr> <td>qing </td> <td>cing </td></tr> <tr> <td>qu </td> <td>cyu </td></tr> <tr> <td>que </td> <td>cyue </td></tr> <tr> <td>quan </td> <td>cyuan </td></tr> <tr> <td>qun </td> <td>cyun </td></tr> <tr> <td>qiong </td> <td>cyong </td></tr> <tr> <td>wen </td> <td>wun </td></tr> <tr> <td>si </td> <td>sih </td></tr> <tr> <td>ci </td> <td>cih </td></tr> <tr> <td>zi </td> <td>zih </td></tr> <tr> <td>shi </td> <td>shih </td></tr> <tr> <td>chi </td> <td>chih </td></tr> <tr> <td>zhi </td> <td>jhih </td></tr> <tr> <td>zhao </td> <td>jhao </td></tr> <tr> <td>zhong </td> <td>jhong </td></tr> <tr> <td>jiu </td> <td>jiou </td></tr> <tr> <td>gui </td> <td>guei </td></tr> <tr> <td>feng </td> <td>fong </td></tr> <tr> <td>weng </td> <td>wong </td></tr> <tr> <td>shui </td> <td>shuei </td></tr> <tr> <td>chui </td> <td>chuei </td></tr> <tr> <td>zhui </td> <td>jhuei </td></tr> <tr> <td>ri </td> <td>rih </td></tr> <tr> <td>rui </td> <td>ruei </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Below are examples of sentences written in <a href="/wiki/Chinese_characters" title="Chinese characters">Chinese characters</a>, Hanyu Pinyin, and Tongyong Pinyin with English translations. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Chinese characters</b> </td> <td>你是中国人吗？ </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hanyu</b> </td> <td>Nǐ shì Zhōngguó rén ma? </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Tongyong</b> </td> <td>Nǐ shìh Jhongguó rén ma? </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>English</b> </td> <td>Are you Chinese? </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Chinese characters</b> </td> <td>你在四川的时候，你喜欢吃什么菜？ </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hanyu</b> </td> <td>Nǐ zài Sìchuān de shíhòu, nǐ xǐhuān chī shénme cài? </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Tongyong</b> </td> <td>Nǐ zài Sìhchuān de shíhhòu, nǐ sǐhuan chih shénme cài? </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>English</b> </td> <td>What food do you like to eat when you are in Sichuan? </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>Chinese characters</b> </td> <td>回族人不可以喝酒吃猪肉。 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hanyu</b> </td> <td>Huízú rén bù kěyǐ hējiǔ chī zhūròu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Tongyong</b> </td> <td>Hueízú rén bù kěyǐ hejioǔ chih jhūròu. </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>English</b> </td> <td>Hui people cannot drink alcohol or eat pork. 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