- Hanyu Pinyin
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh (Guoyu Luomazi)
- Sin Wenz (Xin Wenzi)
- Tongyong Pinyin
- Zhuyin Fuhao (bopo mofo, bpmf, bopomofo)
- systems for misc. Asian languages, including Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian, and Burmese
- Murray Numeral Type system
For more information on writing the Chinese languages using romanization and other systems that do not rely on Chinese characters, see this site's section on romanization-related readings, especially "Sound and Meaning in the History of Characters: Views of China's Earliest Script Reformers," by Victor H. Mair, and "One State, One People, One Language," by John DeFrancis.