威妥玛拼法

Traditional form:

威妥瑪拼法

Pinyin (reading):

Wēi Tuǒmǎpīnfǎ

Definitions:

• Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

Characters:

• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 妥 - secure, sound; satisfactory, appropriate
• 玛 - agate, cornelian
• 拼 - to link, to join together; to incorporate
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French

Traditional characters:

• 威 - might, power, prestige; to dominate
• 妥 - secure, sound; satisfactory, appropriate
• 瑪 - agate, cornelian
• 拼 - to link, to join together; to incorporate
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French