Postal Map Romanization

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:abugida
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Postal_Romanization
Chinese Postal Romanization
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Nanjing_dialect
gptkb:Wade-Giles_system
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Postal Map Romanization
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:notableFor influencing Western maps of China
standardizing Chinese place names in English
gptkbp:period early 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Hanyu_Pinyin
gptkbp:status obsolete
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Republic_of_China
gptkb:Imperial_China
Chinese postal service
Western cartographers
gptkbp:usedFor romanizing Chinese place names
gptkbp:usedIn maps
atlases
gazetteers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Postal_Romanization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7