望安

Chinese

		hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (望安)		望	安
simp. #(望安)		望	安

Etymology

Homophonous replacement for 網垵 from 1920.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wàng'ān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄤˋ ㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁶ on¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mong-ôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Bāng-oaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wàng'ān
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄤˋ ㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wàng-an
    • Wade–Giles: Wang⁴-an¹
    • Yale: Wàng-ān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wanqan
    • Palladius: Ванъань (Vanʺanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁶ on¹
    • Yale: mohng ōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁶ on¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mong⁶ on¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²² ɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mong-ôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mong on^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mong⁴ on¹
    • Sinological IPA: /moŋ⁵⁵ on²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bāng-oaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: Bāng-uann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxng'voaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /baŋ³³⁻²¹ uã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /baŋ³³⁻¹¹ uã⁴⁴/

Proper noun

望安

1. (～鄉) Wangan, Wang-an, Wang'an (a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan)

Descendants

• → English: Wangan