萬縣

See also: 万县

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	a district; county
trad. (萬縣)		萬	縣
simp. (万县)		万	县

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wànxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ jyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wànxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wànsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: Wan⁴-hsien⁴
    • Yale: Wàn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wannshiann
    • Palladius: Ваньсянь (Vanʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ jyun⁶
    • Yale: maahn yuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ jyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ yun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² jyːn²²/

Proper noun

萬縣

1. Wanxian, Wan County (a former county of Sichuan, China)

Synonyms

• 萬州／万州 (Wànzhōu)

Descendants

• → English: Wanhsien, Wanxian