Meaning Of The Word Wade-Giles (system)
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Wade-Giles (system) in American English
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 Wade-Giles system in American English noun: a system of Romanization of Chinese, devised by Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818–95) and adapted by Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935), widely used in representing Chinese words and names in English before the adoption of pinyin |
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