Gwoyeu Romatzyh

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 國語羅馬字 / 国语罗马字 (Guóyǔ Luómǎzì).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwəʊjuː rəʊˈmɑːtsə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡwoʊjuː roʊˈmɑːtsə/

Proper noun

Gwoyeu Romatzyh

1. A transliteration system for Mandarin Chinese, characterized by its tonal spelling without diacritic marks.

   Synonyms: National Romanization, G.R.

   • 2003, Julie Ju et al., editors, A Brief Introduction to Taiwan‎^[1], Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16:

     With regard to romanization, several different systems are concurrently being used in Taiwan, including Wade-Giles, Tongyong Pinyin 通用拼音, Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh.

Coordinate terms

• Pinyin
• Wade-Giles
• Yale
• Zhuyin fuhao

Translations

a transliteration system

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 國語羅馬字 / 国语罗马字 (gwok³ jyu⁵ lo⁴ maa⁵ zi⁶)

  Mandarin: 國語羅馬字 / 国语罗马字 (zh) (guóyǔ luómǎzì)

• German: Lateinumschrift der Reichssprache
• Japanese: 国語ローマ字 (kokugo rōmaji)
• Korean: 국어라마자 (gugeoramaja), 국어로마자 (gugeoromaja)
• Russian: гою́й ломацзы́ m (gojúj lomaczý)
• Vietnamese: Quốc ngữ La Mã tự