永遠

See also: 永远

Chinese

		forever; always; perpetual(ly)	far; distant; remote
trad. (永遠)		永	遠
simp. (永远)		永	远

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒngyuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˇ ㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wing⁵ jyun⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yún-yén / yún-yán
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): éng-oán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iong² iêng²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ion-yoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngyuǎn [Phonetic: yóngyuǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄩㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngyuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-yüan³
    • Yale: yǔng-ywǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongyeuan
    • Palladius: юнъюань (junʺjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wing⁵ jyun⁵
    • Yale: wíhng yúhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wing⁵ jyn⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: wing⁵ yun⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɪŋ¹³ jyːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-yén
    • Hakka Romanization System: iun` ien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯un³¹ i̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yún-yán
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iun` (r)ian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yun³ yan³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯un³¹ (j)i̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: éng-oán
    • Tâi-lô: íng-uán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: efng'oarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iong² iêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ióng iéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ieŋ⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ion-yoe
    • MiniDict: ion^去 yoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ion-hhyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ioŋ³³ ɦyø⁴⁴/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 永遠

1. forever; always

   莊家永遠是贏家。 [MSC, trad.]
   庄家永远是赢家。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhuāngjiā yǒngyuǎn shì yíngjiā. [Pinyin]

   The house always wins.

   人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。 [MSC, trad.]
   人生永远没有太晚的开始。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]

   No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.

Synonyms

• (literary) 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ)

Antonyms

• 短暫／短暂 (duǎnzàn)
• 臨時／临时 (línshí)
• 暫時／暂时 (zànshí)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
永	遠
えい Grade: 5	えん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーえん [èééń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

永(えい)遠(えん) • (eien) ^{←えいゑん (eiwen)?}

1. eternity

Synonyms

• 永久(えいきゅう) (eikyū)

Related terms

• 無限(むげん) (mugen, “mugen”): infinity

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Korean

Hanja in this term
永	遠

Noun

永遠 • (yeong'won) (hangeul 영원)

1. Hanja form^? of 영원 (“eternity”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
永	遠

Adjective

永遠

1. Template:han tu form of