WadeGilesDialectConverter — Wade-Giles dialects

Specifics

Examples

Convert to superscript numbers (default):

>>> from cjklib.reading import ReadingFactory
>>> f = ReadingFactory()
>>> f.convert(u'Ssŭ1ma3 Ch’ien1', 'WadeGiles', 'WadeGiles',
...     sourceOptions={'toneMarkType': 'numbers'})
u'Ss\u016d\xb9-ma\xb3 Ch\u2019ien\xb9'

Convert form without diacritic to standard form:

>>> f.convert(u'ch’eng', 'WadeGiles', 'WadeGiles',
...     sourceOptions={'diacriticE': 'e'})
u'ch\u2019\xeang'

Convert forms with lost umlaut:

>>> f.convert(u'hsu³-hun¹', 'WadeGiles', 'WadeGiles',
...     sourceOptions={'umlautU': 'u'})
u'hs\xfc\xb3-hun\xb9'

See WadeGilesOperator for more examples.

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