灣灣

Chinese

		bay; gulf	bay; gulf
trad. (灣灣)		灣	灣
simp. (湾湾)		湾	湾
alternative forms		彎彎／弯弯

Etymology

Reduplicative diminutive of 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wānwān

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢ ㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wānwān → Wānwan (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢ ㄨㄢ → ㄨㄢ ˙ㄨㄢ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wanwån
    • Wade–Giles: Wan¹-wan⁵
    • Yale: Wān-wan
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Uan.uan
    • Palladius: Ваньвань (Vanʹvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵/ → /wän⁵⁵ wän²/

Proper noun

灣灣

1. (slang, neologism, Mainland China, sometimes derogatory) Taiwan

Synonyms

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