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萬世

萬世

See also: 万世

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; Wan (surname)	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (萬世)		萬	世
simp. (万世)		万	世

Noun

萬世

(literary) ten thousand generations; forever

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wànshì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): bān-sè / bān-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: wànshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    萬世／万世
    萬事／万事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ sai³
  - Yale: maahn sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑːn²² sɐi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: van sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /van⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sè
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-sì
  - Tâi-lô: bān-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnsix
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/