CHINESE NAMES. 
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Method of Transliterating Chinese and Russian Geographical Names in 
accordance with the R.G.S. System. 
I.—Chinese Names. 
For Chinese names, the Wade system of spelling, as modified in 
Playfair’s f Cities and Towns of China/ to be adopted as a basis, being 
transliterated into the B.G-.S. system in the following manner 
For £, if pronounced short as in 
CHfiN, FEN, etc., write U, 
or U followed by a double 
consonant. 
„ B terminal, as in CHE, LE, 
etc., write AW. 
„ fil write El. 
„ ERH write UBR. 
„ U write U. 
„ U write E. 
„ S3U write SE. 
„ 0 write AW. 
,, OU write 0. 
For K‘, CHS TS TSS TZS write K, 
CH, T, TS and TZ. 
„ P f write PH. 
„ HU A write HWA. 
„ HUI write HWEI. 
„ HUO write HWAW. 
„ J write ZH. 
„ KUA write KWA. 
„ K‘UA write KWA. 
„ KUEI write KWEI. 
„ IUUEI write KWEI. 
„ KUO write KWAW. 
In this system the Manchurian dialect is adopted as the basis; but 
with regard to names in the provinces of FU KIEN, KWANG- TUNG 
and KWANGSI, the local pronunciation should be followed as a guide 
for the spelling. CHIH and SHIH, pronounced somewhat as the chi in 
chirp and the shi in shirt, have been retained, as the sounds are difficult 
to express according to the Society’s rules. Canton and Peilio are to be 
spelt in this, the customary way. 
