"Wade-giles" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Wade-giles" Meaning

Wade-Giles is a historical romanization system that was used to transcribe Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet. It was developed in the 19th century by Thomas Francis Wade and Herbert Allen Giles, two British politicians and officials in China. The system was widely used by Western scholars and missionaries who wanted to read and write Chinese words using the English alphabet.

Wade-Giles uses a system of diacritical marks and pronunciation guides to represent the sounds of Chinese characters. It is still used in some contexts, but it has largely been replaced by the Hanyu Pinyin system, which is more phonetic and easier to learn.

The Wade-Giles system is particularly known for its use of "-h" to represent the sound /x/ (also known as the "shh" sound in the back of the throat), whereas Hanyu Pinyin uses the letter "q" to represent the same sound.

"Wade-giles" Examples

5 Usage Examples based on Wade-Giles

General Usage with Wade-Giles Romanization

1. Nanking became the capital of the Republic of China after the fall of Beijing in 1927.
2. Mao Tse-tung was born into a peasant family.

Usage in Historical Context

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4. Song Dynasty's Lian Shijin and Tang Hailing were both repressed and forced to flee in the later period of the Ming era and named online.
5. Kong Yang Zhining took part in PCUK afterward the Winter War.