Wade–Giles is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade,during the mid-19th century,and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's Chinese–English Dictionary of 1892.
The Taklamakan Desert is a desert in Southwest Xinjiang in Northwest China. It is bounded by the Kunlun Mountains to the south,the Pamir Mountains to the west,the Tian Shan range to the north,and the Gobi Desert to the east.
The Kunlun Mountains constitute one of the longest mountain chains in Asia,extending for more than 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi). In the broadest sense,the chain forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim Basin.
Hotan is a major oasis town in southwestern Xinjiang,an autonomous region in Western China. The city proper of Hotan broke off from the larger Hotan County to become an administrative area in its own right in August 1984. It is the seat of Hotan Prefecture.
The White Jade River,also known by the native names Baiyu or Yurungkash,is a river in the southern Xinjiang region of China.
The Tarim Basin is an endorheic basin in Northwest China occupying an area of about 1,020,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi) and one of the largest basins in Northwest China. Located in China's Xinjiang region,it is sometimes used synonymously to refer to the southern half of the province,or Nanjiang,as opposed to the northern half of the province known as Dzungaria or Beijiang. Its northern boundary is the Tian Shan mountain range and its southern boundary is the Kunlun Mountains on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. The Taklamakan Desert dominates much of the basin. The historical Uyghur name for the Tarim Basin is Altishahr,which means 'six cities' in Uyghur.
The Japanese Sign Language syllabary is a system of manual kana used as part of Japanese Sign Language (JSL). It is a signary of 45 signs and 4 diacritics representing the phonetic syllables of the Japanese language. Signs are distinguished both in the direction they point,and in whether the palm faces the viewer or the signer. For example,the manual syllables na,ni,ha are all made with the first two fingers of the hand extended straight,but for na the fingers point down,for ni across the body,and for ha toward the viewer. The signs for te and ho are both an open flat hand,but in te the palm faces the viewer,and in ho it faces away.
The Cofán language is the language of the Cofán people,an indigenous group native to the province of Sucumbíos in northeast Ecuador and southern Colombia.
Hotan Prefecture is located in the Dzungaria region in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,China,bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south and Union Territory of Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan to the west. The vast majority of the Aksai Chin region which is disputed between China and India is administered as part of Hotan Prefecture. The seat of Hotan Prefecture is Hotan and its largest county by population is Karakax County. The vast majority of the residents of the prefecture are Muslim Uyghurs and live around oases situated between the desolate Taklamakan Desert and Kunlun Mountains.
Hindutash,also known as Hindu-tagh Pass,is a historical mountain pass in the western Xinjiang,China. The pass cuts through the Kunlun Mountains connecting the now-deserted town of Kangxiwar in the Karakash River valley to the town of Pusha in the Yurungkash River valley. It also connects to the road to the city of Hotan.
Simplified Wade,abbreviated SW,is a modification of the Wade–Giles romanization system for writing Standard Mandarin Chinese. It was devised by the Swedish linguist Olov Bertil Anderson (1920–1993),who first published the system in 1969. Simplified Wade uses tonal spelling:in other words it modifies the letters in a syllable in order to indicate tone differences. It is one of only two Mandarin romanization systems that indicate tones in such a way. All other systems use diacritics or numbers to indicate tone.
John Ching Hsiung Wu was a Chinese jurist and author. He wrote works in Chinese,English,French,and German on Christian spirituality,Chinese literature and on legal topics.
State of Divinity is a Taiwanese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Smiling,Proud Wanderer. It was first broadcast on CTV in Taiwan in 2000.
The Lhasa riot of 1750 or Lhasa uprising of 1750 took place in the Tibetan capital Lhasa,and lasted several days during the period of the Qing Dynasty's patronage in Tibet. The uprising began on 11 November 1750 after the expected new regent of Tibet,Gyurme Namgyal,was assassinated by two Qing Manchu diplomats,or ambans. As a result,both ambans were murdered,and 51 Qing soldiers and 77 Chinese citizens were killed in the uprising. A year later the leader of the rebellion,Lobsang Trashi,and fourteen other rebels were executed by Qing officials.
Ila (Chiila) is a language of Zambia. Maho (2009) lists Lundwe (Shukulumbwe) and Sala as distinct languages most closely related to Ila. Ila is one of the languages of the Earth included on the Voyager Golden Record.
Li Ching,also spelled Lee Ching,was a Hong Kong actress.
Amarna letter EA 26,titled To the Queen Mother:Some Missing Gold Statues is a shorter-length clay tablet Amarna letter from Tushratta of Mittani. Unlike the next letter EA 27 from Tushratta,which is more than twice as tall,and about twice as wide-(XXVII paragraphs),EA 26 is topical and synoptic about recent events about the desire for 'gold statues'. The letter is addressed to the Pharaoh's wife,Teye,and its dimensions are approximately:6.0 inches (15 cm) tall,3.5 inches (9 cm) wide,and 1.0 inch (3 cm) thick.
Deep Garden is a 1987 Taiwanese mystery TV drama series based on romance novelist Chiung Yao's 1969 novel. The series was produced by Chiung Yao's husband Ping Hsin-tao and first shown on Chinese Television System. The title is taken from an 11th-century poem by Ouyang Xiu,which happens to be the favorite line of the mysterious female protagonist.
Lovers Under the Rain is a 1986 Taiwanese television drama series based on Chiung Yao's 1964 romance novel Fire and Rain. Mainly set in 1960s Taipei,the story follows a young girl Lu Yi-ping as she plotted revenge against her father—formerly a warlord in Northeast China who had 9 wives before fleeing the Chinese Communist Revolution for Taiwan—and his entire household,including her kind half-sister Lu Ru-ping.
