Wade-Giles (Simplified Chinese: 威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音; Traditional Chinese: 威妥瑪拼音; Pinyin: wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for the Chinese language. It is based on the form of Mandarin used in Beijing. The system was produced by Thomas Wade in the mid-19th century. It was fully developed in Herbert Giles's 1892 Chinese-English dictionary.
Wade-Giles was the main system of transliteration in the English-speaking world for much of the 20th century. It is used in several standard reference books. It is also used in all books about China published before 1979. It replaced the Nanjing-based romanization systems that was common until the late 19th century. Wade-Giles has been replaced by the pinyin system today. It still remains in use in Taiwan (Republic of China).
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Vowels
| IPA |
ɑ |
ɔ |
ɤ |
aɪ |
eɪ |
ɑʊ |
ɤʊ |
an |
ən |
ɑŋ |
ɤŋ |
ɑɻ |
ʊŋ |
ji |
iɛ |
iɤʊ |
iɛn |
jin |
jiŋ |
| Pinyin |
a |
o |
e |
ai |
ei |
ao |
ou |
an |
en |
ang |
eng |
er |
ong |
yi |
ye |
you |
yan |
yin |
ying |
| Tongyong Pinyin |
a |
o |
e |
ai |
ei |
ao |
ou |
an |
en |
ang |
eng |
er |
ong |
yi |
ye |
you |
yan |
yin |
ying |
| Wade-Giles |
a |
o |
o/ê |
ai |
ei |
ao |
ou |
an |
ên |
ang |
êng |
êrh |
ung |
i |
yeh |
yu |
yen |
yin |
ying |
| zhuyin |
ㄚ |
ㄛ |
ㄜ |
ㄞ |
ㄟ |
ㄠ |
ㄡ |
ㄢ |
ㄣ |
ㄤ |
ㄥ |
ㄦ |
ㄨㄥ |
ㄧ |
ㄧㄝ |
ㄧㄡ |
ㄧㄢ |
ㄧㄣ |
ㄧㄥ |
| example |
阿 |
哦 |
俄 |
艾 |
黑 |
凹 |
偶 |
安 |
恩 |
昂 |
冷 |
二 |
中 |
一 |
也 |
又 |
言 |
音 |
英 |
Vowels
| IPA |
wu |
uɔ |
ueɪ |
uan |
uən |
uʊn |
uɤŋ |
uʊŋ |
y |
yɛ |
yɛn |
yn |
yʊŋ |
| Pinyin |
wu |
wo |
wei |
wan |
wen |
|
weng |
|
yu |
yue |
yuan |
yun |
yong |
| Tongyong Pinyin |
wu |
wo |
wei |
wan |
|
wun |
|
wong |
yu |
yue |
yuan |
yun |
yong |
| Wade-Giles |
wu |
wo |
wei |
wan |
wên |
|
wêng |
|
yü |
yüeh |
yüan |
yün |
yung |
| zhuyin |
ㄨ |
ㄨㄛ |
ㄨㄟ |
ㄨㄢ |
ㄨㄣ |
|
ㄨㄥ |
|
ㄩ |
ㄩㄝ |
ㄩㄢ |
ㄩㄣ |
ㄩㄥ |
| example |
五 |
我 |
位 |
完 |
文 |
文 |
翁 |
翁 |
玉 |
月 |
元 |
云 |
用 |
Consonants
| IPA |
p |
pʰ |
m |
fəŋ |
fʊŋ |
tiou |
tuei |
tʰ |
ny |
ly |
kəɻ |
kʰ |
xə |
tɕiɛn |
tɕyʊŋ |
tɕʰɪn |
ɕyɛn |
| Pinyin |
b |
p |
m |
feng |
|
diu |
dui |
t |
nü |
lü |
ger |
k |
he |
jian |
jiong |
qin |
xuan |
| Tongyong Pinyin |
b |
p |
m |
|
fong |
diou |
duei |
t |
nyu |
lyu |
ger |
k |
he |
jian |
jyong |
cin |
syuan |
| Wade-Giles |
p |
p' |
m |
fêng |
|
tiu |
tui |
t' |
nü |
lü |
kêrh |
k' |
ho |
chien |
chiung |
ch'in |
hsüan |
| zhuyin |
ㄅ |
ㄆ |
ㄇ |
ㄈㄥ |
|
ㄉㄧㄡ |
ㄉㄨㄟ |
ㄊ |
ㄋㄩ |
ㄌㄩ |
ㄍㄜㄦ |
ㄎ |
ㄏㄜ |
ㄐㄧㄢ |
ㄐㄩㄥ |
ㄑㄧㄣ |
ㄒㄩㄢ |
| example |
玻 |
婆 |
末 |
封 |
封 |
丟 |
兌 |
特 |
女 |
旅 |
歌儿 |
可 |
何 |
件 |
窘 |
秦 |
宣 |
Consonants
| IPA |
tʂə |
tʂɚ |
tʂʰə |
tʂʰɚ |
ʂə |
ʂɚ |
ʐə |
ʐɚ |
tsə |
tsuɔ |
tsɨ |
tsʰə |
tsʰɨ |
sə |
sɨ |
| Pinyin |
zhe |
zhi |
che |
chi |
she |
shi |
re |
ri |
ze |
zuo |
zi |
ce |
ci |
se |
si |
| Tongyong Pinyin |
jhe |
jhih |
che |
chih |
she |
shih |
re |
rih |
ze |
zuo |
zih |
ce |
cih |
se |
sih |
| Wade-Giles |
chê |
chih |
ch'ê |
ch'ih |
shê |
shih |
jê |
jih |
tsê |
tso |
tzŭ |
ts'ê |
tz'ŭ |
sê |
szŭ |
| zhuyin |
ㄓㄜ |
ㄓ |
ㄔㄜ |
ㄔ |
ㄕㄜ |
ㄕ |
ㄖㄜ |
ㄖ |
ㄗㄜ |
ㄗㄨㄛ |
ㄗ |
ㄘㄜ |
ㄘ |
ㄙㄜ |
ㄙ |
| example |
哲 |
之 |
扯 |
赤 |
社 |
是 |
惹 |
日 |
仄 |
左 |
字 |
策 |
次 |
色 |
斯 |
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