A Brief History of Chinese Romanization Systems Thomas Wade and Herbert Giles devised their romanization system in 1867, drawing upon earlier systems used by missionaries. Many classical works of sinology written since then have made use of the Wade-Giles system, and it is generally the system of choice in Taiwan, but other systems are also used here.
早在一八六七年，便有英國 Thomes F. Wade 與 H.A Giles，根據早期傳教士流傳的中文譯音版本歸納出「威翟式」拼音系統，許多古老的典籍與文史哲資料都使用這套符號，也是台灣官方民間習用多年的拼音法。