萬里長城
See also: 万里长城
Chinese
10,000 li; an immeasurably long distance; very long distance | long wall; Great Wall of China; Changcheng | ||
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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
- 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
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Van-lî Chhòng-sàng
- Hakka Romanization System: van liˊ congˇ sangˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: van4 li1 cong2 sang2
- Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹ saŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Uâng-lī Diòng-siàng
- Sinological IPA (key): /uaŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ (l-)nˡi³³ tuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ (s-)niaŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bān-lí Tn̂g-siâⁿ
- Tâi-lô: Bān-lí Tn̂g-siânn
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlie dngsviaa
- IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² siã²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² siã¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ siã²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ siã²³/
- (Hokkien)
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) 萬里長城
Synonyms
Korean
Hanja in this term | |||
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萬 | 里 | 長 | 城 |
Proper noun
萬里長城 • (Mallijangseong) (hangeul 만리장성)
- hanja form? of 만리장성 (“the Great Wall of China”)
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