Romanize names

Romanizing Chinese names for Taiwan. It's a 💩 show.

Install

npm install romanize-names

Usage

var romanize = require('romanize-names')
romanize(name_in_zhTW, system)

system String

• WG (default) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade–Giles
• MPS-II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Phonetic_Symbols_II
• TONGYONG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin
• HANYU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin

Examples

console.log(romanize('張懸'))
> Hsuan Chang
 
console.log(romanize('張懸', 'MPS-II'))
> Shiuan Jang
 
console.log(romanize('張懸', 'TONGYONG'))
> Syuan Jhang
 
console.log(romanize('張懸', 'HANYU'))
> Xuan Zhang

console.log(romanize('秋木安'))
> Mu-An Chiu
 
console.log(romanize('秋木安', 'MPS-II'))
> Mu-An Chiou
 
console.log(romanize('秋木安', 'TONGYONG'))
> Mu-An Ciou
 
console.log(romanize('秋木安', 'HANYU'))
> Mu-An Qiu

console.log(romanize('范姜峻宏'))
> Chun-Hung Fan-Chiang
 
console.log(romanize('范姜峻宏', 'MPS-II'))
> Jiun-Hung Fan-Jiang
 
console.log(romanize('范姜峻宏', 'TONGYONG'))
> Jyun-Hong Fan-Jiang
 
console.log(romanize('范姜峻宏', 'HANYU'))
> Jun-Hong Fan-Jiang

Data Sources

• Unicode Character Database – Unihan (via unicode-mandarin-readings)
• Bureau of Consular Affairs (Taiwan)