旺市

Chinese

		prosperous; flourishing; to prosper prosperous; flourishing; to prosper; to flourish	market; city
simp. and trad. (旺市)		旺	市

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁶ si⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōng-chhī / ōng-chhǐ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: wang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: wàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanqshyh
    • Palladius: ванши (vanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁶ si⁵
    • Yale: wohng síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁶ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁶ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōng-chhī
    • Tâi-lô: ōng-tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oxngchi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔŋ²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōng-chhǐ
    • Tâi-lô: ōng-tshǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰi²²/

Verb

旺市

1. to bring about a lot of business; to sell well

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Vaughan + 市 (shì, “city”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wàngshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wong⁶ si⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wàngshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wàngshìh
    • Wade–Giles: Wang⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: Wàng-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wanqshyh
    • Palladius: Ванши (Vanši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wong⁶ si⁵
    • Yale: wohng síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wong⁶ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wong⁶ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːŋ²² siː¹³/

Proper noun

旺市

1. (Cantonese, local) Vaughan (a city in Ontario, Canada)