{"id":2846,"date":"2009-08-14T12:45:42","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T04:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2009-08-14T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T03:44:26","slug":"taiwan-train-stations-and-the-switch-to-hanyu-pinyin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2009\/taiwan-train-stations-and-the-switch-to-hanyu-pinyin\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan train stations and the switch to Hanyu Pinyin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Hanyu Pinyin has been Taiwan’s official romanization system since the beginning of this year, progress in implementation on signage has so far been little to none (at least in what I’ve witnessed). So I was pleased to see this sign earlier this week at the remodeled train station in Zhunan, Miaoli County. <\/p>\n

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Those big letters unmistakably spell out the name of the city in Hanyu Pinyin. Good. <\/p>\n

But what about the use of romanization inside<\/em> the station? Here’s a shot of part of a board listing the stations near Zhunan. <\/p>\n

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Let’s look at the systems used in the names above:<\/p>\n