Wade-Giles

Variant of Wade-Giles (system)

Wade-Giles (system) definition

Wade·-Giles· (system) (wād′jīlz′)

noun

a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, in wide use esp. before Pinyin was adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979

Etymology: after its creators, Thomas F. Wade (1818-95), Brit diplomat, and Herbert A. Giles (1845-1935), Brit linguist

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