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Wade-Giles
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proper noun
  1. A certain system, once extremely popular, for transcribing the Beijing form of Mandarin Chinese into the Latin alphabet.
Etymology: From the surnames of w:Thomas Wade, Thomas Wade and w:Herbert Giles, Herbert Giles, who developed the system.

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