萬里
See also: 万里
Chinese
editten thousand; a great number; surname | li, a Chinese unit of length | ||
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trad. (萬里) | 萬 | 里 | |
simp. (万里) | 万 | 里 | |
Literally: “10,000 li”. |
Etymology
editFrom the idiomatic sense of 萬/万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number.
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maan6 lei5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-lî
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-lí
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wànlǐ
- Wade–Giles: wan4-li3
- Yale: wàn-lǐ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannlii
- Palladius: ваньли (vanʹli)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 lei5
- Yale: maahn léih
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 lei5
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 léi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² lei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-lî
- Hakka Romanization System: van liˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: van4 li1
- Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
edit萬里
- (figurative) an immeasurably long distance; very long distance
- (Hong Kong Cantonese slang) a necklace
Derived terms
edit- 不遠萬里/不远万里 (bùyuǎnwànlǐ)
- 乘長風破萬里浪/乘长风破万里浪
- 前程萬里
- 咫尺萬里
- 封侯萬里
- 懸旌萬里/悬旌万里
- 明見萬里/明见万里
- 明鑒萬里/明鉴万里
- 晴空萬里 (qíngkōngwànlǐ)
- 相去萬里
- 萬里之望
- 萬里侯
- 萬里同風/万里同风
- 萬里封侯
- 萬里江山
- 萬里無雲/万里无云 (wànlǐwúyún)
- 萬里迢迢
- 萬里長城/万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)
- 萬里鵬程/万里鹏程
- 萬里鵬翼/万里鹏翼
- 行萬里路,讀萬卷書/行万里路,读万卷书
- 讀萬卷書,行萬里路/读万卷书,行万里路 (dú wàn juàn shū, xíng wàn lǐ lù)
- 長風萬里/长风万里
- 離題萬里/离题万里 (lítíwànlǐ)
- 鵬程萬里/鹏程万里 (péngchéngwànlǐ)
Descendants
editSee also
edit- 千里 (qiānlǐ)
Proper noun
edit萬里
- (~區) Wanli (a district of New Taipei, Taiwan)
- (~里) An urban village in Wanli district, New Taipei, Taiwan
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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萬 | 里 |
ばん Jinmeiyō |
り Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 萬里 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 萬里, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
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