Wade–Giles

Wade–Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a system for. It developed from a system produced by, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with 's  of 1892.

Wade–Giles was the system of transcription in the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century. Wade-Giles is based on Beijing dialect, whereas -based romanization systems were in common use until the late 19th century. Both were used in s (romanized place-names standardized for postal uses). In it has been mostly replaced by the  romanization system, with exceptions for the romanized forms of some locations, persons and other proper nouns. The romanized name for some locations, persons and other proper nouns in is based on the Wade–Giles derived romanized form, for example  and.