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萬里

萬里

See also: 万里

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; Wan (surname)	li, a Chinese unit of length
trad. (萬里)		萬	里
simp. (万里)		万	里

Adjective

萬里

(idiomatic) immeasurably long; very long
(idiomatic) immeasurably far away; very far, very distant

Derived terms

萬里長城／万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)

Etymology

From the idiomatic sense of 萬／万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wànlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ lei⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-lî
Min Nan (POJ): bān-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wànlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannlii
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ lei⁵
  - Yale: maahn léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ lei⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːn²² lei̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: van li´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ li¹
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ li²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-lí
  - Tâi-lô: bān-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ li⁴¹/