萬不得已
Chinese
ten thousand; a great number; surname | |||
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trad. (萬不得已) | 萬 | 不得已 | |
simp. (万不得已) | 万 | 不得已 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄜˊ ㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wànbùdéyǐ
- Wade–Giles: wan4-pu4-tê2-i3
- Yale: wàn-bù-dé-yǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannbuderyii
- Palladius: ваньбудэи (vanʹbudɛi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ tɤ³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 bat1 dak1 ji5
- Yale: maahn bāt dāk yíh
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 bat7 dak7 ji5
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 bed1 deg1 yi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² pɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵ jiː¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adverb
(deprecated template usage) 萬不得已
- out of absolute necessity; with no other choice; as a last resort