| 汉学家 | hàn xué jiā | sinologist / scholar of Chinese |  |
| 韦德 | Wéi dé | Wade (name) / Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪|威妥玛[Wei1 Tuo3 ma3] | |
| 狄仁杰 | Dí Rén jié | Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4] | |
| 韦利 | Wéi lì | Waley or Whaley (name) / Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist | |
| 威妥玛 | Wēi Tuǒ mǎ | Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system | |
| 韦慕庭 | Wéi Mù tíng | Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University | |
| 高本汉 | Gāo Běn hàn | Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist | |
| 高罗佩 | Gāo Luó pèi | Gao Luopei or R.H. van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch sinologist, diplomat and writer | |
