萬里長城

See also: 万里长城 and 万里の長城

Chinese

		10,000 li; an immeasurably long distance; very long distance	long wall; Great Wall of China; Changcheng
trad. (萬里長城)		萬里	長城
simp. (万里长城)		万里	长城
Literally: “10,000-li long wall”.

Etymology

From the idiomatic sense of 萬／万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number. As a whole the name, translated literally, means “10,000-li long wall”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wànlǐ Chángchéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Van-lî Chhòng-sàng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ / Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wànlǐ Chángchéng
    • Wade–Giles: Wan⁴-li³ Chʻang²-chʻêng²
    • Yale: Wàn-lǐ Cháng-chéng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wannlii Charngcherng
    • Palladius: Ваньли Чанчэн (Vanʹli Čančɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴
    • Yale: maahn léih chèuhng sìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ lei⁵ tsoeng⁴ sing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ léi⁵ cêng⁴ xing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² lei̯¹³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ sɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Van-lî Chhòng-sàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: van li´ congˇ sangˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ li¹ cong² sang²
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(l-)nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)niaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlie dngsviaa
    • IPA (Penang): /ban²¹ li⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ tŋ̍²³⁻²¹ siã²³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Goǎn-lí Chhâng-chhîn
    • Tâi-lô: Guǎn-lí Tshâng-tshîn
    • IPA (Longyan): /ɡuan⁵³⁻¹¹ li²¹ t͡sʰaŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/

Proper noun

萬里長城

1. Great Wall of China

Synonyms

• 長城／长城 (Chángchéng)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	里	長	城

Proper noun

萬里長城 • (Mallijangseong) (hangeul 만리장성)

1. Hanja form^? of 만리장성 (“the Great Wall of China”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	里	長	城

Proper noun

萬里長城

1. chữ Hán form of Vạn Lý Trường Thành (“the Great Wall of China”).