| Conversion of Pinyin and Wade-Giles |
Pinyin
and Wade-Giles transcription
When
legends on Chinese coins are listed in catalogues
or price lists, they are transcribed into roman letters using a certain system. The
transcriptions used in catalogues
are often inconsistent, and this can lead to
confusion.
Numismatists should be aware that there
are two major systems in use: Pinyin and Wade-Giles.
To understand how to pronounce the Chinese characters fairly accurately, one must
study the basics of each system. For example in Wade Giles
tiao is pronounced diao. If it should be pronounced
with initial t sound, then it
should be written t’iao. Cheng is pronounced djeng
and Ch’eng is pronounced tjeng,
pu-bu, p’u-pu, yu
is pronounced you etc.
Chinese has comparatively few sounds. Therefore it is impossible to see exactly
which character is mentioned if the character is not in a context as there can be many
different characters which are transcribed in the same way. Pronunciation is not a major concern for most numismatists, but the correct
writing is always important in order to avoid mistakes in catalogues and price
lists.
Wade-Giles to Pinyin Pinyin to Wade Giles
W-G
Pinyin
W-G Pinyin
W-G Pinyin
W-G Pinyin
Cha zha
ch'ia qia
chou zhou
ch'üan quan
ch'a cha
chiang jiang
ch'ou chou
chüeh jue
chai zhai
ch'iang qiang
chu zhu
ch'üeh que
ch'ai chai
chiao jiao
ch'u chu
chün jun
chan zhan
ch'iao qiao
chua zhua
ch'ün qun
ch'an chan
chieh jie
ch'ua chua
Erh er
chang zhang
ch'ieh qie
chuai zhuai
Ho he
ch'ang chang chien jian
ch'uai chuai
hsi xi
chao zhao
ch'ien qian
chuan zhuan
hsia xia
ch'ao chao
chih zhi
ch'uan chuan
hsiang xiang
che zhe
ch'ih chi
chuang zhuang hsiao
xiao
ch'e che
chin jin
ch'uang chuang hsieh
xie
chei zhei
ch'in qin
chui zhui
hsien xian
ch'ei chei
ching jing
ch'ui chui
hsin xin
chen zhen
ch'ing qing
chun zhun
hsing xing
ch'en chen
chiu jiu
ch'un chun
hsiu xiu
cheng zheng
ch'iu qiu
chung zhong
hsiung xiong
ch'eng cheng
chiung jiong
ch'ung chong
hsü xu
chi ji
ch'iung qiong
chü ju
hsüan xuan
ch'i qi
cho zhuo
ch'ü qu
hsüeh xue
chia jia
ch'o chuo
chüan juan
hsün xun
W-G
Pinyin
W-G Pinyin W-G
Pinyin W-G
Pinyin
hung hong
k'ua kua
p'en pen
t'iao tiao
I,yi yi
kuai guai peng
beng tien dian
Jan ran
k'uai kuai
p'eng peng
t'ien tian
jang rang kuan
guan pi
bi
ting ding
jao rao
k'uan kuan
p'i pi
t'ing ting
jen ren
kuang guang
piao biao
to duo
jeng reng
k'uang kuang
p'iao piao
t'o tuo
jih ri
kuei gui pieh
bie tou dou
jo,je re
k'uei kui
p'ieh pie
t'ou tou
jou rou
kun gun pien
bian tuan duan
ju ru
k'un kun
p'ien
pian tui
dui
juan ruan
kung gong pin
bin t'ui tui
jui rui
k'ung kong
p'in pin
tun dun
jun run
kuo guo
ping bing
t'un tun
jung rong
k'uo kuo
p'ing ping
tung dong
Ka ga
Lieh lie
po bo
t'ung tong
k'a ka
lien lian
p'o po
tsa za
kai gai
lo
luo p'ou pou
t'sa
ca
k'ai kai
lung long
pu bu
tsai zai
kan gan
lüeh lue
p'u pu
ts'ai
cai
k'an kan
Mieh mie
So suo
tsan zan
kang gang
mien mian
sung song
ts'an can
k'ang kang
Nieh nie
ssu si
tsang zang
kao gao
nien nian
szu si
ts'ang cang
k'ao kao
no
nuo shih shi
tsao zao
ke ge
nung nong Ta
da
ts'ao cao
k'e ke
nüeh nue t'a
ta
tse ze
kei gei
Pa
ba tai
dai ts'e ce
k'ei kei
p'a pa
t'ai tai
tsen zen
ken gen
pai bai tan
dan ts'en cen
k'en ken
p'ai pai t'an
tan tseng zeng
keng geng
pan ban tang
dang ts'eng ceng
k'eng keng
p'an pan t'ang
tang tso zuo
ko ge
pang bang tao
dao ts'o cuo
k'o ke
p'ang pang
t'ao tao
kou gou
pao bao te
de
k'ou kou
p'ao pao t'e
te
ku gu
pei bei ti
di
k'u ku
p'ei pei t'i
ti
kua gua
pen ben tiao
diao
Conversiontable Pinyin to Wade-Giles.
Pinyin W-G Pinyin W-G Pinyin W-G A a dan tan he ho ai ai dang tang hei hei an an dao tao hen hen ang ang de te heng heng ao ao dei tei hong hung den tun hou hou Ba pa deng teng hu hu bai pai di ti hua hua ban pan dian tien huai huai bang pang diao tiao huan huan bao pao die tieh huang huang bei pei ding ting hui hui ben pen diu tiu hun hun beng peng dong tung huo huo bi pi dou tou bian pien du tu Ji chi biao piao duan tuan jia chia bie pieh dui tui jian chien bin pin dun tun jiang chiang bing ping duo to jiao chiao bo po jie chieh bu pu E ê, o jin chin e eh jing ching Ca ts'a en en jiong chiung cai ts'ai eng êng jiu chiu can ts'an er erh ju chü cang ts'ang juan chüan cao ts'ao Fa fa jue chüeh ce ts'e fan fan jun chün cei * fang fang cen ts'en fei fei Ka k'a ceng ts'eng fen fen kai k'ai cha ch'a feng feng kan k'an chai ch'ai fo fo kang k'ang chan ch'an fou fou kao k'ao chang ch'ang fu fu ke k'o chao ch'ao kei k'ei che ch'e Ga ka ken k'en chen ch'en gai kai keng k'eng cheng ch'eng gan kan kong k'ung chi ch'ih gang kang kou k'ou chong ch'ung gao kao ku k'u chou ch'ou ge ko kua k'ua chu ch'u gei kei kuai k'uai chua ch'ua gen ken kuan k'uan chuai ch'uai geng keng kuang k'uang chuan ch'uan gong kung kui k'uei chuang ch'uang gou kou kun k'un chui ch'ui gu ku kuo k'uo chun ch'un gua kua chuo ch'o guai kuai La la ci tz'u guan kuan lai lai cong ts'ung guang kuang lan lan cou ts'ou gui kuei lang lang cu ts'u gun kun lao lao cuan ts'uan guo kuo le le cui ts'ui lei lei cun ts'un Ha ha leng leng cuo ts'o hai hai li li han han lia lia Da ta hang hang lian lien dai tai hao hao liang liang