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    WadeGiles (/ˌweɪd ˈdʒaɪlz/ WAYD JYLZE) is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during...
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  • actress Chan Tien Ghee (曾長義), Malaysian businessman Chan is a Mandarin WadeGiles romanisation (often used in Taiwan) of the surname spelled in pinyin as...
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  • This WadeGiles table is a complete listing of all WadeGiles syllables used in Standard Chinese. Each syllable in a cell is composed of an initial (columns)...
    13 KB (268 words) - 16:25, 5 February 2024
  • proliferation of proposed schemes. The WadeGiles system was produced by Thomas Wade in 1859, and further improved by Herbert Giles, presented in the 1892 Chinese–English...
    76 KB (6,297 words) - 19:28, 29 June 2024
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    the Latin script, used in Polish, Kashubian and Hungarian, and in the WadeGiles system of Romanization of Chinese, as well as the Hong Kong official romanization...
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    texts, the tone transcriptions in both pinyin and WadeGiles are often left out for simplicity; WadeGiles's extensive use of apostrophes is also usually omitted...
    82 KB (8,758 words) - 00:31, 22 June 2024
  • systems most commonly used in English-speaking countries: Pinyin and WadeGiles. It contains every syllable found in Ilya Oshanin's [ru] Great Chinese–Russian...
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    including Zhou Youguang, in the 1950s. Other well-known systems include WadeGiles (Beijing Mandarin) and Yale romanization (Beijing Mandarin and Cantonese)...
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    (Chinese: 閻魔/閻摩; pinyin: Yánmó; WadeGiles: Yen-mo) or King Yan-lo/Yan-lo Wang (Chinese: 閻羅王; pinyin: Yánluó Wáng; WadeGiles: Yen-lo Wang), also known as...
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    the Imperial Post was an authority on Chinese place names. When the WadeGiles system became widespread, some argued that the post office should adopt...
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    Lionel Giles. In 1897 Herbert Giles became only the second professor of Chinese language appointed at the University of Cambridge, succeeding Thomas Wade. At...
    23 KB (2,414 words) - 13:27, 31 May 2024
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    (traditional Chinese: 義和拳; simplified Chinese: 义和拳; pinyin: Yìhéquán; WadeGiles: I4-ho2-ch'üan2) among other names, were a Chinese secret society based...
    17 KB (1,684 words) - 15:42, 23 June 2024
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    志清; WadeGiles: Chih-ch‘ing, which means "purity of aspirations"). For the next fifteen years or so, Chiang was known as Jiang Zhiqing (WadeGiles: Chiang...
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    Pixiu (Chinese: 貔貅; pinyin: píxiū; WadeGiles: pʻi2-hsiu1; 貔貅, OC:*‍bi qʰu) is a Chinese mythical hybrid creature. Pixiu are considered powerful protectors...
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  • had employed various systems, usually simplifications or adaptations of WadeGiles. (Zhuyin, a standard phonetic system for language education in Taiwan's...
    34 KB (3,357 words) - 11:06, 2 April 2024
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    Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǎozǐ Bopomofo ㄌㄠˇ   ㄗˇ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Laotzyy WadeGiles Lao3-tzu3 Tongyong Pinyin Lǎo-zǐh Yale Romanization Lǎudž IPA [làʊ.tsɹ̩̀]...
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    amended, extended and converted into the Wade-Giles romanization system for Mandarin Chinese by Herbert Giles in 1892. He was the first professor of Chinese...
    13 KB (1,459 words) - 17:55, 21 April 2024
  • Simplified Wade, abbreviated SW, is a modification of the WadeGiles romanization system for writing Standard Mandarin Chinese. It was devised by the...
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    Chinese: 蓟; traditional Chinese: 薊; pinyin: Jì; WadeGiles: Chi Jicheng: Chinese: 薊城; pinyin: Jìchéng; WadeGiles: Chi-cheng; lit. 'Ji Walled City' Jixian:...
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    (Chinese: 木叉; pinyin: Mùchā; WadeGiles: Mu4-ch'a1), short for Pratimokṣa in Chinese (Chinese: 波羅提木叉; pinyin: Bólúotímùchā; WadeGiles: Po1-lo2-t'i2-mu4-ch'a1)...
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