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romanize means: To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.

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To put letters or words written in another writing system into the Latin (Roman) alphabet.

From Roman + -ize.

“The author romanizes Chinese names using the Wade–Giles system rather than the Pinyin system.”
“A new system has been invented by which Chinese can be written in our letters as pronounced. This is called by the rather uncouth name of “Romanised.””
“Some of the Chinese students had difficulty comprehending the need to Romanize the Chinese etymons.”

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