Statements (30)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:abugida
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gptkbp:alternativeTo |
gptkb:Yale_romanization
gptkb:Pinyin |
gptkbp:basisFor |
many Western transcriptions of Chinese names
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gptkbp:category |
Chinese romanization
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gptkbp:developedBy |
gptkb:Herbert_Giles
gptkb:Thomas_Wade |
gptkbp:example |
Peking for Beijing
Ch'ing for Qing Tao for Dao |
gptkbp:firstPublished |
1859
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Wade-Giles romanization
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gptkbp:introducedIn |
19th century
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gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Herbert_Giles
gptkb:Thomas_Wade |
gptkbp:notableFor |
distinguishing aspirated and unaspirated consonants
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gptkbp:notOfficialIn |
gptkb:Mainland_China
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gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Pinyin
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gptkbp:usedFor |
gptkb:Mandarin_Chinese
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gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:Taiwan
English-language publications before 1979 |
gptkbp:uses |
apostrophes
hyphens superscript numbers for tones |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Giles’s_Chinese-English_Dictionary
gptkb:Giles_romanization gptkb:Wade’s_Chinese-English_Dictionary gptkb:Cheng_(Wade-Giles) gptkb:Tseng |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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