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    WadeGiles (/ˌweɪd ˈdʒaɪlz/ WAYD JYLZE) is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from the system produced by Thomas Francis Wade during...
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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)...
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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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    Lionel Giles. In 1897 Herbert Giles became only the second professor of Chinese language appointed at the University of Cambridge, succeeding Thomas Wade. At...
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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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  • 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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    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...
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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...
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  • proliferation of proposed schemes. The WadeGiles system was produced by Thomas Wade in 1859, and further improved by Herbert Giles, presented in Chinese–English...
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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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    (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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    The Jian'an class (Chinese: 建安; pinyin: Jiàn'ān; WadeGiles: Chien An), also known as the Chien An or Jianwei/Chien Wei class were armoured torpedo gunboats...
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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...
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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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    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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  • had employed various systems, usually simplifications or adaptations of WadeGiles. (Zhuyin, a standard phonetic system for language education in Taiwan's...
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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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  • during the 1910s by the Beiyang government, where it was used alongside WadeGiles, a romanization system which used a modified Latin alphabet. Today, Bopomofo...
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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: 芝罘島; pinyin: Zhīfú dǎo; WadeGiles: Chih-fu tao) or North Island (Chinese: 北島; pinyin: Běi dǎo; WadeGiles: Pei tao), is an islet with historical...
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    breed is also called "lion dog" in Chinese.) The name Shih Tzu is the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese word for "lion". In contemporary...
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    Jiāshù; WadeGiles: Sung Chia-shu; October 17, 1861 – May 3, 1918), also known by his courtesy name Soong Yao-ju (Chinese: 宋耀如; pinyin: Sòng Yàorú; Wade–Giles:...
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  • Look up huángdì or Huángdì in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Huangdi (WadeGiles: Huang-ti) may refer to: Yellow Emperor (黃帝), a legendary Chinese monarch...
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    From Emperor to Citizen (Chinese: 我的前半生; pinyin: Wǒdè Qián Bànshēng; WadeGiles: Wo Te Ch'ien Pan-Sheng; lit. 'The First Half of My Life') together with...
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    Chuanxian (Chinese: 戴傳賢; WadeGiles: Tai Ch'uan-hsien) or by his other courtesy name, Dai Xuantang (Chinese: 戴選堂; WadeGiles: Tai Hsüan-t'ang). Dai was...
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    Kung Pao chicken (Chinese: 宮保雞丁; pinyin: Gōngbǎo jīdīng; WadeGiles: Kung1-pao3 chi1-ting1; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄅㄠˇ ㄐㄧ ㄉㄧㄥ), also transcribed Gong Bao or...
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  • Gwoyeu Romatzyh system, which used tonal spelling—and to co-exist with the WadeGiles romanization as well as bopomofo. It is sometimes referred to as Gwoyeu...
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    Steve Chen (Chinese: 陳士駿; WadeGiles: Chen Shih-chün; born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur who is one of the co-founders...
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