wán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wan"

Mandarin

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Romanization

wán (wan², Zhuyin ㄨㄢˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 丸
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 刓
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 完
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抏
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 捑
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 杪
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 汍
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烷
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 玩
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 琓
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 紈 / 纨
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 纨
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 芄
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 頑 / 顽
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 䵥

Pichinglis

Pichinglis numbers ^(edit)

	1	2  →
Cardinal: wán

Etymology

From English one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wán/

Determiner

wán

1. only, alone
2. approximately

Numeral

wán

1. one; a, an
   • 2019, Kofi Yakpo, A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎^[1] (overall work in English and Pichinglis), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 106:

     Yu sabí sé wán motó fɔ wán mún na cincuenta dólar, ɛf yu hól wán motó fɔ wán mún.

     You know that a car for one month is fifty dollars, if you keep a car for only one month.

Derived terms

• wán-ɛn-háf (“one and a half”)
• wántɛn (“suddenly”)

Pronoun

wán

1. one, the one
   • 2019, Kofi Yakpo, A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎^[2] (overall work in English and Pichinglis), Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 104:

     Di láyf fɔ́s tɛ́n e bin swít pás di wán tidé.

     Life in the past was more enjoyable than that of today.

Related terms

• -wán (“-ly”)

References

• Kofi Yakpo (2019), A grammar of Pichi (Studies in Diversity Linguistics; 23)‎^[3], Berlin: Language Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 577