萬鍾
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[edit]ten thousand; a great number; surname | (ancient measure); surname | ||
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trad. (萬鍾) | 萬 | 鍾 | |
simp. (万钟) | 万 | 钟 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wànjhong
- Wade–Giles: wan4-chung1
- Yale: wàn-jūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannjong
- Palladius: ваньчжун (vanʹčžun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maan6 zung1
- Yale: maahn jūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: maan6 dzung1
- Guangdong Romanization: man6 zung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /maːn²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: mjonH tsyowng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s toŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mlans tjoŋ/
Noun
[edit]萬鍾
- an abundant amount of salary
- 萬鍾則不辨禮義而受之。萬鍾於我何加焉? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Wànzhōng zé bù biàn lǐyì ér shòu zhī. Wànzhōng yú wǒ hé jiā yān? [Pinyin]
- And yet a man will accept of ten thousand zhong, without any consideration of propriety or righteousness. What can the ten thousand zhong add to him?
万钟则不辨礼义而受之。万钟于我何加焉? [Classical Chinese, simp.]