萬中無一

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	not have	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
trad. (萬中無一)		萬	中	無	一
simp. (万中无一)		万	中	无	一
Literally: “not even one in ten thousand”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànzhōngwúyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ jat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànzhōngwúyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànjhongwúyi
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-chung¹-wu²-i¹
    • Yale: wàn-jūng-wú-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjongwui
    • Palladius: ваньчжунъуи (vanʹčžunʺui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ jat¹
    • Yale: maahn jūng mòuh yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ dzung¹ mou⁴ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ zung¹ mou⁴ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

萬中無一

1. (figuratively) one in a million; extremely rare