Chou (Wade–Giles)

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Chou (Wade–Giles) is the Wade–Giles romanization of the Chinese surname and dynasty name commonly spelled "Zhou" in pinyin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wade–Giles romanization
romanization form
associatedWithDynasty Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED
category Romanization of Chinese dynasties
Romanization of Chinese surnames
contrastsWith Zhou (pinyin)
correspondsToPinyin Zhou NERFINISHED
language Chinese
mapsToModernStandard Zhou (Hanyu Pinyin) NERFINISHED
representsChineseCharacter NERFINISHED
romanizationOf Mandarin pronunciation of 周
romanizationSystem Wade–Giles NERFINISHED
romanizes Chinese dynasty name Zhou
Chinese surname Zhou
Zhou NERFINISHED
systemDevelopedBy Thomas Wade NERFINISHED
systemRefinedBy Herbert Giles NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfCommonUse late 19th to late 20th century
transcriptionOfFinal -ou
transcriptionOfInitial zh-
usedFor Chinese dynasty names
Chinese surnames
usedInAcademicContext Chinese studies
usedInHistoricalPublications English-language works on China
usedInRegion Hong Kong (historically) NERFINISHED
Taiwan (historically) NERFINISHED
Western sinology
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Zhou transliterationForm Chou (Wade–Giles)