the official system for transcribing Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet used in mainland China

A writing system based on characters or symbols that represent the sounds of a language, such as an alphabet or syllabary

The letters used in a phonetic writing system (e.g., the 26 letters of the English alphabet)

Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet; the official system for transcribing Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet, first approved in 1958.

Cantonese romanization; specifically Jyutping, which is one of several systems used to represent Cantonese sounds using the Latin alphabet

The common-use Romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003

Chinese postal romanization system, developed in the early 1900s and used until the 1980s

Taiwanese Southern Min Romanization System, the official romanization for Taiwanese Hokkien published by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan

romanization system for Mandarin Chinese developed by Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles in the late 19th century

Wade-Giles system of romanization for Chinese; specifically refers to the system developed by Thomas Wade which was a precursor to the standard [[韦氏拼音|韋氏拼音|wei2 shi4 pin1 yin1]] system

the Wade-Giles system of Chinese romanization