The Wade-Giles system for transcribing Chinese into the Latin alphabet; originally developed by Thomas Wade and later modified by Herbert Giles.

Wade-Giles romanization system for Chinese, developed by Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles

the Wade-Giles system of romanization for Chinese

Wade-Giles system of romanization for Chinese; specifically refers to the system developed by Thomas Wade which was a precursor to the standard [[韦氏拼音|韋氏拼音|wei2 shi4 pin1 yin1]] system