Wade-Giles system

[ weyd-jahylz ]

noun

1. a system of Romanization of Chinese, devised by Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818–95) and adapted by Herbert Allen Giles (1845–1935), widely used in representing Chinese words and names in English, especially before the adoption of pinyin.

Example Sentences

But the Wade-Giles system, linguists have long agreed, is unwieldy and inaccurate.

From New York Times

Many English speakers were already using the British Wade-Giles system, developed in the 19th century.

From New York Times