The transcribed Wade-Jiles system (or simply Wade, sometimes Wade-Gilles, English Wade-Giles , Chinese. 威 妥 玛 拼音 or 韦氏 拼音) is a system of Romanization of the standard Chinese language (Putonghua), widespread in the West before the introduction of Chinese pinyin systems.
Designed by an English diplomat and linguist Thomas Wade in the second half of the 19th century. It was widely used after the publication of the Chinese-English dictionary by Herbert Giles in 1892 , replacing the earlier system created on the basis of the Nanking dialect. Recent changes to the system were made in 1912.
Used kk 'pp' tt 'etc. instead of gkbpdt. In the past - almost the only system for English-speaking countries. It remains a de facto transcription system for proper names in Taiwan (since 2009, pinyin has been officially used there).
Transferring the Wade - Giles System to the Palladium System
| A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| a - a | ai - ai | an - an | ang - en |
| ao - ao | |||
| C | |||
| cha - ja | chah - ja | chai - zhai | chan - zhan |
| chang - Zhang | chao - zhao | che - zhe | chei - zhei |
| chen - zhen | cheng - zheng | chi - ji | chia - chia |
| chiang - jiang | chiao - jiao | chieh - jie | chien - jian |
| chih - ji | chin - jin | ching - jing | chiu - jiu |
| chiung - jung | cho - jo | chou - zhou | chu - joo |
| chü - ju | chua - zhua | chuai - Zhuai | chuan - Zhuan |
| chüan - juan | chuang - chuang | chüeh - jue | chun - zhun |
| chün - ju | chung - jung | chwa - zhua | chwai - Zhuai |
| chwan - zhuan | chwang - chuang | chwei - chui | |
| ch'a - cha | ch'ah - cha | ch'ai - tea | ch'an - chan |
| ch'ang - chan | ch'ao - ciao | ch'e - che | ch'ei - chay |
| ch'en - chen | ch'eng - cheng | ch'i - qi | ch'ia - qia |
| ch'iang - qiang | ch'iao - qiao | ch'ieh - ce | ch'ien - qian |
| ch'ih - chi | ch'in - qin | ch'ing - qing | ch'iu - qiu |
| ch'iung - qiong | ch'o - cho | ch'ou - chow | ch'u - chu |
| ch'ün - qun | ch'ung - chun | ch'wa - chua | ch'wai - chuai |
| ch'wan - chuan | ch'wang - chuan | ch'wei - chui | |
| E | |||
| e - e | er - er | ||
| F | |||
| fa - fa | fan - fan | fang - fan | fo - fo |
| foo - fu | fou - fou | fu - fu | |
| H | |||
| ha ha | hai - hi | han - han | hang - han |
| hao - hao | ho - he | hou - hou | hsi - si |
| hsia - xia | hsiang - xiang | hsiao - xiao | hsieh - se |
| hsien - xian | hsih - si | hsin - blue | hsing - syn |
| hsiu - syu | hsiung - xiong | hsü - xu | hsüan - xuan |
| hsüeh - shue | hsün - xun | hu - hu | hua - hua |
| huai - huai | huan - huan | huang - huan | hui - hui |
| hun - hun | hung - hung | huo - ho | hwa - hua |
| hwai - huai | hwan - huan | hwang - juan | hwei - hui |
| hwo - ho | |||
| I | |||
| i - and | |||
| J | |||
| jan - zhan | jang - jean | jao - zhao | je - je |
| jen - jen | jeng - zheng | jih - ji | jo - jo |
| jou - zhou | ju - ju | juan - ruan | jui - chew |
| jun - run | jung - rong | jwan - ruan | jwei - chew |
| K | |||
| ka - ha | kai - guy | kan - gan | kang - gan |
| kao - gao | ki - ji | kia - jia | kiang - jiang |
| kiao - jiao | kieh - tse | kien - jian | kin - jin |
| king - jing | kiu - jiu | kiung - jung | ko - ge |
| kou - go | ku - gu | kü - ju | kua - gua |
| kuai - guai | kuan - guan | küan - juan | kuang - guan |
| küeh - jue | kuei - gui | kun - gun | kün - ju |
| kung - gong | kuo - go | kwa - gua | kwai - guai |
| kwan - guan | kwang - guan | kwei - gui | kwo - go |
| k'a - ka | k'ai - kai | k'an - cany | k'ang - kang |
| k'ao - kao | k'o - ke | k'ou - kow | k'u - ku |
| k'ua - kua | k'uai - kuai | k'uan - kuan | k'uang - kuan |
| k'uei - kui | k'un - kun | k'ung - kun | k'uo - ko |
| k'wa - kua | k'wai - kuai | k'wan - kuan | k'wang - kuan |
| k'wei - kui | k'wo - ko | ||
| L | |||
| la - la | lai - barking | lan - doe | lang - lan |
| lao - lao | le - le | leng - lang | li - whether |
| lia - la | liang - liang | liao - liao | lieh - le |
| lien - lian | lin - lin | ling - lin | liu - liu |
| lo - lo | lou - low | lu - lu | lü - lu |
| luan - luan | lüan - luan | lüeh - lue | lun - lun |
| lung - moon | lwan - luan | ||
| M | |||
| m - m | ma - ma | mai - may | man - mans |
| mang - mang | mao - mao | mei - may | men - men |
| meng - maine (man) | mi - mi | miao - miao | mieh - me |
| mien - mian | min - min | ming - min | miu - mu |
| mo - mo | mou - mou | mu - mu | |
| N | |||
| n - n | na - on | nai - nai | nan - nan |
| nang - nan | nao - nao | nei - nay | nen - nen |
| neng - neng | ni - neither | niang - nyan | niao - niao |
| nieh - not | nin - nin | ning - ning | niu - nude |
| no - but | nou - know | nu - well | nü - nude |
| nuan - nuan | nüeh - nue | nung - nun | nwan - nuan |
| O | |||
| o - o, e | ou - oh | ow - oh | |
| P | |||
| pa - ba | pai - buy | pan - baths | pang - ban |
| pao - bao | peh - bay | pei - bay | pen - ben |
| peng - ben | pi - bi | piao - biao | pieh - be |
| pien - bian | pin - bean | ping - bean | po - bo |
| pou - bow | pu - bu | ||
| p'a - pa | p'ai - share | p'an - pan | p'ang - pan |
| p'ao - pao | p'eh - pay | p'ei - pay | p'en - pen |
| p'eng - pan | p'i - pi | p'iao - piao | p'ieh - ne |
| p'ien - pian | p'in - pin | p'ing - pin | p'o - by |
| p'ou - po | p'u - pu | ||
| S | |||
| sa - sa | sai - sai | san - san | sang - san |
| sao - sao | sei - sei | sen - sen | seng - sep |
| sha - sha | shai - shai | shan - shan | shang - shan |
| shao - shao | shay - she | she - she | shen - shen |
| sheng - sheng | shih - shi | shou - show | shu - shu |
| shua - shua | shuai - shuai | shuan - shuan | shuang - shuang |
| shui - shui | shun - shun | shuo - shuo | shwa - shua |
| shwai - shuai | shwan - shuan | shwang - shuang | shwei - shui |
| si - si | sia - xia | siang - xiang | siao - xiao |
| sieh - se | sin - blue | sing - syn | siu - syu |
| siung - xiong | so - with | sou - sou | ssu - sy |
| su - su | sü - xu | suan - xuan | süan - xuan |
| sui - sui | sun - sun | sün - xun | sung - sun |
| swan - xuan | swei - sui | szu - sy | |
| T | |||
| ta - yes | tai - give | tan - tribute | tang - dan |
| tao - tao | te - de | teh - de | tei - day |
| teng - dan | ti - di | tiao - diao | tieh de |
| tien - dian | ting - din | tiu - du | to - to |
| tou - dow | tsa - tsa | tsai - zai | tsan - zan |
| tsang - zan | tsao - zao | tse - tse | tseh - tse |
| tsei - zei | tsen - zen | tseng - zeng | tsi - ji |
| Tsia - Jia | tsiang - jiang | Tsiao - Jiao | tsieh - jie |
| tsien - jian | tsin - jin | tsing - jing | tsiu - jiu |
| tsiung - jung | tso - zso | tsou - zou | tsu - zu, |
| tsü - ju | tsuan - zuan | tsüan - juan | tsüeh - jue |
| tsui - zui | tsun - zun | tsün - ju | tsung - zong |
| tswan - zuan | tswei - zui | tu - do | tuan - duan |
| tui - blow | tun - dun | tung - dun | twan - duan |
| twei - blow | tzu - tzu | ||
| t'a - that | t'ai - tai | t'an - tan | t'ang - tan |
| t'ao - tao | t'e - te | t'eh - te | t'ei - tei |
| t'eng - ten | t'i - ty | t'iao - tiao | t'ieh - those |
| t'ien - tien | t'ing - tin | t'o then | t'ou - toe |
| ts'a - tsa | ts'ai - cai | ts'an - can | ts'ang - tsan |
| ts'ao - cao | ts'e - ce | ts'eh - ce | ts'ei - cei |
| ts'en - price | ts'eng - price | ts'o - tso | ts'ou - tzou |
| ts'uan - quan | ts'ui - Tsui | ts'un - inch | ts'ung - tsun |
| ts'wan - quan | ts'wei - Tsui | t'u - that | t'uan - tuan |
| t'ui - thuj | t'un - tun | t'ung - tun | t'wan - tuan |
| t'wei - thuj | tz'u - tsy | ||
| W | |||
| wa - wa | wai - wai | wan - wan | wang - van |
| wei - wei | wen - wen | weng - van | wo - in |
| wu - y | |||
| Y | |||
| ya - me | yai - yai | yang - yang | yao - yao |
| yeh - e | yen - yang | yi - and | yin - yin |
| ying - in | you | yü - yu | yüan - yuan |
| yüeh - yue | yün - yun | yung - young | yüng - young |