Wade-Giles

Etymology
1943, from the surnames of Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles, who developed the system in the 19th century.

Proper noun

 * 1) A system for transcribing the Beijing dialect of Mandarin Chinese into the Latin alphabet; formally uses hyphens and the spiritus asper apostrophe.

Usage notes

 * This term is very often used attributively, as in Wade–Giles romanization, Wade–Giles spelling, Wade–Giles system, Wade–Giles transcription, Wade–Giles transliteration, Wade–Giles version, and so on. Some of these terms refer to the system itself; others refer to the transcriptions of specific words under this system; most can be used both ways. While the shorter form "Wade" technically only refers to the versions of the system prior to Giles's contributions, it was in practice often used as a synonym for the final version.

Translations

 * Arabic: وَيْد–جَيْلْز, وِيد–جِيلْز
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 威妥瑪拼音
 * Mandarin:, 威翟式拼音, 韋氏拼音
 * Finnish: Wade-Giles-järjestelmä
 * Georgian: ვეიდ-ჯაილზი
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ^웨이드-^자일스
 * Macedonian: Вејд-Џајлс
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: Уэ́йд-Джа́йлз
 * Thai:

Proper noun

 * 1)  transcription system for Mandarin