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The romanization used for ROC placenames is Wade-Giles, except "Keelung" and "Quemoy", which are the more popular versions of romanization. "Chiayi" is a slightly modified form of the Wade-Giles version, "Chia-i".
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Counties County in Chinese is 縣 (in pinyin: xian4, in Wade-Giles: hsien).
In Taiwan Province:
Romanization | Chinese | Wade-Giles | Pinyin | Pinyin with tones[?] |
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Chiayi County[?] | 嘉義縣 | Chia-i | Jiayi | jia1 yi4 |
Changhua[?] County | 彰化縣 | Chang-hua | Zhanghua | zhang1 hua4 |
Hsinchu County[?] | 新竹縣 | Hsin-chu | Xinzhu | xin1 zhu2 |
Hualien[?] County | 花蓮縣 | Hua-lien | Hualian | hua1 lian2 |
Ilan[?] County | 宜蘭縣 | I-lan | Yilan | yi2 lan2 |
Kaohsiung County[?] | 高雄縣 | Kao-hsiung | Gaoxiong | gao1 xiong2 |
Miaoli[?] County | 苗栗縣 | Miao-li | Miaoli | miao2 li4 |
Nantou[?] County | 南投縣 | Nan-tou | Nantou | nan2 tou2 |
Penghu County (Pescadores) | 澎湖縣 | Peng-hu | Penghu | peng2 hu2 |
Pingtung[?] County | 屏東縣 | Ping-tung | Pingdong | ping2 dong1 |
Taichung County[?] | 台中縣 | Tai-chung | Taizhong | tai2 zhong1 |
Tainan County[?] | 台南縣 | Tai-nan | Tainan | tai2 nan2 |
Taipei County | 台北縣 | Tai-pei | Taibei | tai2 bei3 |
Taitung[?] County | 台東縣 | Tai-tung | Taidong | tai2 dong1 |
Taoyuan[?] County | 桃園縣 | Tao-yuan | Taoyuan | tao2 yuan2 |
Yunlin[?] County | 雲林縣 | Yun-lin | Yunlin | yun2 lin2 |
In Fujian Province:
Romanization | Chinese | Wade-Giles | Pinyin | Pinyin with tones |
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Lienchiang County (Matsu) | 連江縣 | Lien-chiang | Lianjiang | lian2 jiang1 |
Quemoy County | 金門縣 | Kin-men | Jinmen | jin1 men2 |
Municipalities Municipality in Chinese is 直轄市 (literal meaning: "Directly administrated city (by the central government)", in pinyin: zhi2 xia2 shi4, in Wade-Giles: chi-hsia-shih).
Romanization | Chinese | Wade-Giles | Pinyin | Pinyin with tones |
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Kaohsiung City | 高雄市 | Kao-hsiung | Gaoxiong | gao1 xiong2 |
Taipei City | 台北市 | Tai-pei | Taibei | tai2 bei3 |
Provincially Administrated Cities Provincially administrated city in Chinese is 省轄市 (in pinyin: sheng3 xia2 shi4, in Wade-Giles: sheng-hsia-shih).
Romanization | Chinese | Wade-Giles | Pinyin | Pinyin with tones |
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Chiayi City[?] | 嘉義市 | Chia-i | Jiayi | jia1 yi4 |
Hsinchu City | 新竹市 | Hsin-chu | Xinzhu | xin1 zhu2 |
Keelung[?] City | 基隆市 | Chi-lung | Jilong | ji1 long2 |
Taichung City[?] | 台中市 | Tai-chung | Taizhong | tai2 zhong1 |
Tainan City[?] | 台南市 | Tai-nan | Tainan | tai2 nan2 |
County and city flags (http://www.edward-lee.com/taiwan/local)
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