萬無一失
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]ten thousand; a great number; surname | not have | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
to lose; to miss; to fail | ||
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trad. (萬無一失) | 萬 | 無 | 一 | 失 | |
simp. (万无一失) | 万 | 无 | 一 | 失 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maan6 mou4 jat1 sat1
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bû-it-sit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˊ ㄧ ㄕ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wànwúyishih
- Wade–Giles: wan4-wu2-i1-shih1
- Yale: wàn-wú-yī-shr̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannwuishy
- Palladius: ваньуиши (vanʹuiši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 mou4 jat1 sat1
- Yale: maahn mòuh yāt sāt
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 mou4 jat7 sat7
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 mou4 yed1 sed1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bû-it-sit
- Tâi-lô: bān-bû-it-sit
- Phofsit Daibuun: baxnbu'itsid
- IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ bu²⁴⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² it̚⁵⁻²⁴ sit̚⁵/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ bu¹³⁻²² it̚³²⁻⁵ sit̚³²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ it̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ bu²³⁻³³ it̚³²⁻⁴ sit̚³²/
- (Hokkien)
Idiom
[edit]萬無一失
- infallible; surefire; perfectly safe
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- Mandarin words containing 一 undergoing tone sandhi to the fourth tone
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