Wade-Giles

Summary

Wade-Giles is a romanisation system^[1]. Wade-Giles ranks in the top 3% of romanisation_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wade-Giles is credited with the discovery of Thomas Francis Wade^[3].
• Wade-Giles is credited with the discovery of Herbert Giles^[4].
• Wade-Giles's image is recorded as Sign of Buddhist Tzu Chi University at the main entrance.JPG^[5].
• Wade-Giles's instance of is recorded as romanisation system^[6].
• Wade-Giles's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[7].
• Wade-Giles's IETF language tag is recorded as zh-Latn-wadegile^[8].
• Wade-Giles's Commons category is recorded as Wade–Giles^[9].
• Wade-Giles's language of work or name is recorded as Mandarin^[10].
• Wade-Giles's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1892-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Wade-Giles's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/085kc^[12].
• Wade-Giles's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Wade-Giles-romanization^[13].
• Wade-Giles's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19554253^[14].
• Wade-Giles's Australian Educational Vocabulary ID is recorded as scot/9342^[15].
• Wade-Giles's Lex ID is recorded as Wade-Giles-transskription^[16].
• Wade-Giles's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 웨이드-자일스 표기법^[17].
• Wade-Giles's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 235847^[18].
• Wade-Giles's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 30063^[19].
• Wade-Giles's Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Dictionary and Glossary of Terms entry is recorded as wadegiles^[20].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Thomas Francis Wade^[3], a linguist^[21], 1818–1895^[22], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[23], awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath^[24] and Herbert Giles^[4], a sinologist^[25], 1845–1935^[26], of United Kingdom^[27], awarded the Prix Stanislas Julien^[28].

Why It Matters

Wade-Giles ranks in the top 3% of romanisation_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month).^[2] Wade-Giles has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Wade-Giles is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]