transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwād-ˈgī(-ə)lz, -ˈjī(-ə)lz ]
noun
Etymology: Thomas F. Wade died 1895 British diplomat & Herbert A. Giles died 1935 British sinologist
Date: 1943
: a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms in which tones are indicated by superscript numbers and consonantal aspiration is indicated by an apostrophe — compare pinyin