Wade-Giles
"Transliteration of most of the names is in accordance with the Wade–Giles system"
Meaning
Proper Noun
- A system for transcribing the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese into the Latin alphabet.
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Origin
- From the surnames of Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles, who developed the system.
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