萬能

See also: 万能

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	ability; can; may ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (萬能)		萬	能
simp. (万能)		万	能

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànnéng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ nang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-nèn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bān-lêng / bān-nn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuang⁷ lêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànnéng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄋㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànnéng
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-nêng²
    • Yale: wàn-néng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannneng
    • Palladius: ваньнэн (vanʹnɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ nang⁴
    • Yale: maahn nàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ nang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ neng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² nɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-nèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van nen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ nen²
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ nen¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: bān-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnleeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ liɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-nn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: bān-nn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnnngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² nŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuang⁷ lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buāng lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /buaŋ¹¹ leŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

萬能

1. all-powerful; omnipotent

   金錢不是萬能的，但沒錢是萬萬不能的。 [MSC, trad.]
   金钱不是万能的，但没钱是万万不能的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jīnqián bù shì wànnéng de, dàn méi qián shì wànwàn bù néng de. [Pinyin]

   Money can't do everything, but you certainly can't do without money.

2. (attributive) all-purpose; universal

Synonyms

• (all-powerful): 全能 (quánnéng)
• (all-purpose): 萬用／万用 (wànyòng)

Derived terms

• 萬能key / 万能key (maan⁶ nang⁴ ki¹) (Cantonese)
• 萬能插蘇 / 万能插苏 (maan⁶ nang⁴ caap³ sou¹) (Cantonese)
• 萬能膠 / 万能胶 (wànnéngjiāo)
• 萬能鑰匙 / 万能钥匙 (wànnéng yàoshi)
• 金錢萬能 / 金钱万能
• 雙手萬能 / 双手万能

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	能
ばん Jinmeiyō	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
萬	能
まん Jinmeiyō	のう Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬能 – see the following entry.

【万能ばんのう】 [noun] all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent [noun] all-purpose; universal 【万能まんのう】 [noun] all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent [noun] all-purpose; universal [noun] a hoe

(This term, 萬能, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
萬	能

Noun

萬能 • (manneung) (hangeul 만능)

1. hanja form^? of 만능 (“omnipotence”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
萬	能

Adjective

萬能

1. chữ Hán form of vạn năng (“multifunctional”).