Wade–Giles

E256595

Mandarin Chinese romanization system historical romanization system romanization system

Wade–Giles is a historical system for romanizing Mandarin Chinese that was widely used in the English-speaking world before being largely replaced by Pinyin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Wade–Giles canonical	24
Wade–Giles romanization system	2
Wade–Giles system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mandarin Chinese romanization system ⓘ historical romanization system ⓘ romanization system ⓘ
basedOn	Peking dialect of Mandarin ⓘ
comparedWith	Gwoyeu Romatzyh ⓘ Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ Yale romanization ⓘ surface form: Yale romanization of Mandarin
countryOfUse	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Macau ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ Singapore ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedFrom	Wade system ⓘ
developer	Herbert Giles ⓘ surface form: Herbert Allen Giles Thomas Francis Wade ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	complex consonant digraphs ⓘ non-phonemic tone marking ⓘ use of "ch" and "ch'" for different affricates ⓘ use of "hs" for the [ɕ] sound ⓘ use of "j" for the [ʐ] sound ⓘ use of "ts" and "ts'" for different affricates ⓘ use of "tzŭ" and similar forms for syllabic consonants ⓘ
hasLimitation	less intuitive for non-specialists than Pinyin ⓘ often misread by non-specialists due to missing apostrophes ⓘ tone marks frequently omitted in practice ⓘ
influenced	postal romanization ⓘ various library romanization standards ⓘ
language	Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
namedAfter	Herbert Giles ⓘ Thomas Wade ⓘ
notablePublication	A Chinese–English Dictionary (Herbert Giles, 1892) ⓘ
publicationDate	1892 ⓘ
replacedBy	Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ Hanyu Pinyin ⓘ surface form: Pinyin
timePeriodOfProminence	20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
usedFor	library cataloging of Chinese works ⓘ romanizing Chinese book titles ⓘ romanizing Chinese personal names ⓘ romanizing Chinese place names ⓘ sinological scholarship ⓘ
usedIn	English-speaking world ⓘ
usesFeature	apostrophes to mark aspiration ⓘ distinction between aspirated and unaspirated consonants ⓘ hyphens to separate syllables ⓘ superscript numerals for tones ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chun → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Chinese language → usesRomanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Guoyu → hasRomanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Mandarin phonology → usesRomanization → Wade–Giles ⓘ

陳 → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Tse-ven → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Kao → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Hanyu Pinyin → replacedSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Chiang → romanizationSystemUsedIn → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Zhou → transliterationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Mandarin Chinese → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Tsingtao → usedRomanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Tsien → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Tongyong Pinyin → comparedWith → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Shu → hasRomanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Chungking → romanization → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Tsinan → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Nanking Road → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Taizu → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

趙 → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Chao → usedIn → Wade–Giles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wade–Giles romanization system

Chiu → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Jiao (Chinese surname) → hasTransliterationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

subject surface form: Jiao

Chʻên → romanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Chʻên → belongsToRomanizationFamily → Wade–Giles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wade–Giles system

Tseng → usesRomanizationSystem → Wade–Giles ⓘ

Thomas Francis Wade → notableWork → Wade–Giles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wade–Giles romanization system